Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 301 Paris, Elijah, Blizzard

The song "Running" is very familiar to Chen Ran. He didn't know how many times he heard it in his previous life.

The catchy melody has already formed muscle memory, and he can hum it easily without much preparation.

If Chen Ran's singing level is only the average level of KTV, then when he sang this song "Running", it was the average level of KTV.

The part Chen Ran sang was naturally the chorus.

"Running with the wind and freedom is the direction, chasing the power of thunder and lightning!" came his sonorous and powerful voice.

It must have been carefully polished by "millions of sound editors", and the audience will probably find this song dynamic after hearing it.

As for Faye Wong's ethereal voice, it is indeed a talent that is overwhelming, and you won't be able to accept it.

Even if it is a cappella, it may not be inferior to the sound effects of others after "millions of sound corrections". It is worthy of being a walking CD.

But Chen Ran discovered that what this queen cared about most was not singing, but mahjong. Even during the recording of her single, she never forgot to contact her mahjong partner and arrange a PK time.

Some netizens later joked that if you said that Faye Wong's singing was not good, she might just smile lightly and not take it seriously at all, but if you said that she was bad at playing mahjong, she would become anxious.

In the same way, if you say that Michael Jordan is not a goat, others will not bother to reason with you, but if you say that the other No. 23 is not a goat, he may break the defense.

Human beings are such strange creatures. The less outstanding your ability in a certain aspect is, the more you may care about it.

"Your singing level is much better than I thought." Faye Wong also joked half-jokingly.

She obviously didn't know that this song was what Chen Ran was good at. She was already familiar with it, so she started singing it, which was considered a superb performance.

"If you want to learn mahjong, we can come and play together in the future." What makes Chen Ran dumbfounded is that what this queen cares about most is not future work and business cooperation, but wanting to lure Chen Ran into the mahjong pit.

"We'll see if there's an opportunity in the future. I'll definitely come when I have time." Chen Ran didn't quite understand the difference between Yanjing Mahjong and hometown Mahjong, but he couldn't politely refuse in person, so he could only say vaguely.

Faye Wong suddenly lost interest in continuing the conversation. Maybe for her, if they couldn't play mahjong happily together, then it wouldn't be worth further enhancing their friendship.

However, Chen Ran also discovered something. In addition to contacting mahjong partners, this queen would sometimes lower her head and stare at the mobile phone screen, covering her mouth and letting out giggles.

But in this era, there is no Douyin or the ridiculous videos in Kuaishou, so the only thing that can make people laugh is mobile phone text messages.

"Could it be that..." Chen Ran suddenly remembered the scene at the dinner party a few days ago, "We actually hooked up so quickly!"

He vaguely recalled the news he had read in his previous life. Li Yapeng had caught up with the queen through text messages composed of various jokes.

He is indeed a master at eating soft rice!

It seems that the Queen of Heaven is destined to have this fate.

When you are too popular and your caution cannot match it, people with ulterior motives will try to get close.

Just like when Chen Ran flew on a plane before, those glamorous flight attendants instinctively thought that this was a simple little brother, so they tried their best to get close to him.

It's just that Chen Ran has seen through all this a long time ago and didn't take advantage of it.

As for this queen, Chen Ran admired her, but he never wanted to interfere in her life or come up with random ideas. This had nothing to do with him.

After the single recording was completed, Chen Ran and his team chose another day to shoot the MV.

For him, it was much easier than recording a single.

After spending two days shooting the MV, Chen Ran's electric journey came to an end.

These days were calm and comfortable for Chen Ran, but the Chinese sports world was also very lively.

The Chinese men's basketball team led by Yao Ming finally defeated its old rival South Korea and got its ticket to the Athens Olympics.

However, this game was too fierce. After leading by 20 points, the opponent was caught by the opponent and was only one point away, almost being reversed.

But after turning around and thinking about it carefully, it seems that being often reversed when leading is not uncommon for the Chinese men's basketball team, including the Chinese men's football team.

Chen Ran reciprocated the favor and sent a text message to Yao Ming to express his congratulations.

The three months of hard training finally went to waste.

This year's year-end finals are in Houston, USA. Maybe there will be a chance for the two to meet again.

Similarly, the ATP Tour continues and does not stop because of Chen Ran's vacation.

After the Magic City Heineken Open, there are three top ATP500 tournaments, namely Tokyo, Vienna, Austria, and Basel, Switzerland.

Roddick, who is ranked second in the world, signed up to participate in two 500 races in Tokyo and Vienna in order to narrow the points gap between him and Chen Ran, and won one championship and one semi-final.

Roddick also took this opportunity to narrow the point gap between him and Chen Ran to less than 1000 points.

The competition for first place at the end of the year is still full of suspense.

At this moment, some Chinese media also expressed concern about Chen Ran.

To be precise, the European indoor season starts after the Asian season, which is also the last stage of the ATP World Tour.

Whether it is Vienna, Austria, Basel, Switzerland, or the subsequent Paris Masters, the year-end finals are all held in indoor courts. The advantage is that weather conditions will no longer affect tennis matches. For example, players do not have to delay matches because of rain.

The disadvantage is that although the indoor season is also a hard court, it is a new closed environment, and the ball speed is faster than outdoor, and players need to adapt to this.

Chen Ran has never participated in an indoor competition, which is also what worries the Chinese media.

They thought that Chen Ran should choose one of the indoor tour stops to warm up before the Paris Masters, but in the end, this guy chose to airborne directly.

But when I think about Chen Ran being able to fly directly to Wimbledon, the Paris Masters is nothing.

"I'm singing and filming a MV. I've almost had enough rest. I have to go to Paris."

Chen Ran glanced at the calendar and muttered in his heart.

Today's Internet is still full of videos of Chen Ran training at his alma mater high school, with onlookers standing next to him, as well as news about his collaboration with Faye Wong on a single.

Even the ATP chairman joked that our world number one always takes an unusual path.

Of course, this is obviously a good thing for promoting tennis.

"The last two stops of the year are Paris and Houston."

After the French Open in June, Chen Ran will go to Paris again.

When it comes to tennis, Paris, France is indeed a bit different.

No other city has as many Grand Slams and Masters tournaments as Paris.

Twice in a year the people of this city can enjoy tennis at the highest level, and in two very different types, clay courts and indoor hard courts.

Before boarding the plane, Chen Ran picked up his phone and replied to a text message, then slowly put it down.

During the US Open semi-finals and finals, French queen Alije came to Flushing to cheer for Chen Ran.

Also when attending commercial activities organized by the US Open Organizing Committee, the two also had some interactions, and even played a few symbolic games of tennis with each other. In addition to the previous exchanges at the French Open, the two parties were already familiar with each other.

After all, in Europe and France, the number one sport for women has always been tennis. Many women have experience playing tennis, and Ailijie also has an above-average level among amateurs.

While Chen Ran was chatting with Ailijie, the other party accidentally talked about something.

"Chen Ran, did I hear that you are fighting for the agency rights of "World of Warcraft" in China?" Chen Ran was quite surprised by Ailijie's information. "This is great. Of course, this is a bold attempt."

How did she know this?

The matter is being handled by IMG, which is headquartered in the United States, and Chen Ran has also promised to give him a generous endorsement fee. However, this matter is being carried out in a very low-key manner, and only the top executives of Nike and IMG may know about it.

"It's strange, how do you know about this? Even in the United States, few people know about this." Chen Ran did not deny it.

"Don't forget, Blizzard's parent company is a French company. In addition, I was invited to participate in an event of Blizzard some time ago. To be precise, there is a race in their game called night elves, and the night elves The female dance is based on me.”

“I need to be on the show.”

Ailijie replied truthfully.

Chen Ran was indeed impressed by this.

The enchanting dance of the female night elf is indeed based on her.

That cover of Madonna's "Beautiful Island", with her singing voice and sexy dance, became the dream goddess in the hearts of countless boys.

"So when I was attending an event, I heard from Blizzard's senior management that a very well-known tennis player wanted to get the agency rights for this game in China, and even asked the American company IMG to come forward for him."

"My first reaction was you, but when I heard the news, I was very shocked, and of course very curious."

No wonder……

After listening to Ailijie's explanation, Chen Ran also understood the whole story.

"God, what a coincidence. But if you really want to know, wait until I arrive in Paris. I've already set off."

"Oh, yes, I remembered it. There is also a very important Masters tournament in Paris at the end of the year. I wish you good luck, I will still come to cheer you up. Of course, don't forget to teach me how to practice tennis. , my level has hit a bottleneck and I haven’t been able to improve.”

"No problem. But I think a beautiful girl like you is not suitable for clay courts. After all, she is too dirty after playing."

"Actually, I prefer playing on grass courts because there I can wear my favorite white skirt and short sleeves!"

This French girl is very direct.

"Okay, let's set the place for our practice on the grass."

Anyway, after the Paris Masters ends, there will still be some time before the end of the year.

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(End of this chapter)