Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 307 Master Jin and breaking news

After locking in the first place at the end of the year in advance, Chen Ran was under much less pressure.

At least he no longer has to worry about being reversed after having such a huge advantage, and thus being ridiculed by the outside world.

In the history of professional tennis, many players have been ranked number one in the world, and this is not uncommon.

Therefore, in the understanding of most professionals, a tennis player can only truly become the world's number one if he gets the first place at the end of the year.

At this moment, Chen Ran is finally worthy of his reputation as the number one in the world.

In addition, Chen Ran has been ranked No. 25 in the world for weeks so far, which is considered an incredible achievement.

He also hopes to continue to extend this cycle.

After walking around the venue, Chen Ran slowly walked to the media area.

Seeing the excited and hesitant expressions of those Chinese reporters, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Indeed, what I just said in the interview was a bit sensitive to them.

However, Chen Ran feels that he has a strong ability to change his thinking. When faced with interviews from domestic reporters, he will consciously avoid these topics in order to avoid causing disputes.

"Do you think that starting from next year, my focus should be on the remaining four Masters tournaments?" He joked with a smile, "Especially the Hamburg Masters. Next year is the last year, and it will be relegated in 2005. For the 500 race.”

"Master Gold is a very tempting achievement!"

Master Jin?

The attention of many Chinese journalists was instantly attracted.

In the current professional tennis world, some people have achieved the Grand Slam, and some have achieved the Golden Slam, but no one has yet achieved Master Jin's achievement.

It is too difficult to win all nine Masters tournaments.

Even players as powerful as Federer and Nadal have never accomplished this achievement in the future. Only Djokovic has achieved this record, and he is a two-lap gold master.

"Chen Ran, are you planning to attack Master Jin next year?" Zhou Yuan from "Sports Weekly" said excitedly.

Then he seemed to think of something, and he was a little worried: "But there will be the Olympics next year, and the competition tasks are heavy."

"It doesn't have to be next year. It can be completed over several years as planned." Chen Ran replied calmly.

He indeed regards "Master Jin" as an important goal in his career.

But it’s too difficult to win four times in a year, and to designate the four Masters championships that I have never won.

Is it necessary to roll it up like this?

In Chen Ran's plan, the focus next year is the Hamburg Masters, after all, it will be relegated soon.

But he doesn't force it. It's good if he can get it, but it doesn't hurt if he can't get it.

But he must speak out about the goal of "Master Jin" and let everyone know it.

In this way, the topic will be generated and the popularity will continue.

Next year will be the first China Forbes Celebrity List, and Chen Ran is bound to win the first place.

"Starting next year, I will no longer be fighting alone. It's exciting to think about it."

Chen Ran suddenly sighed in front of the CCTV camera, seizing the opportunity accurately.

Only then did everyone remember that starting from next year, several golden flowers from the Chinese Women's Tennis Team will participate in the WTA Tour and have also obtained qualifying spots for the Australian Open.

Starting from 2004, perhaps China's tennis will usher in a blossoming situation for both men and women.

"When are you going to Houston to prepare for the year-end finals?" another Chinese reporter continued to ask.

"Don't worry..." Chen Ran rubbed his eyebrows and then said, "Among the eight contestants entering the year-end, I am the only one who has gone the furthest in Paris, so I need a good rest. In addition, this is my first year-end, no matter what I can accept any result."

It would be great to win the championship, but it is very difficult.

Because in every game you face the world's top players, you must do your best.

After a long season, Chen Ran has won a total of 9 championships, but he is also very tired physically and mentally.

While talking, Chen Ran casually glanced into the audience, his face expression was indifferent, but there was a flash of excitement in his eyes.

"They should have left after watching the game, right?"

Before the final, senior officials from IMG once revealed to him that senior officials from Blizzard and its parent company Vivendi would come to watch the game.

In addition, currently, the game companies in China are still waiting and watching, and are somewhat daunted by Blizzard's harsh conditions.

At least at this stage, Chen Ran is actually in the leading position.

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"I think this young tennis genius will be a good collaborator." Renne adjusted his suit and said slowly, "Besides, he has an excellent team behind him. In the future, we will recruit people with rich operational experience in the market. It was not a difficult task for the staff either.”

In the eyes of this French tycoon, China's large game companies, whether they are Shanda, NetEase, or Ninetowns, no matter how strong their economic strength is, they were only established for a few years and are no different from upstarts.

For example, Ninetowns, the company that Allen talks about that is quite exciting, actually only made a lot of money after operating South Korea's "Miracle MU" last year. It only lasted for a year and has no foundation at all.

Therefore, in Renn's eyes, there is not much difference between choosing an agency with agency experience and one without agency experience.

Isn’t it just an agent? It’s similar to a porter, what kind of technical content is required?

The key is to see how much money the other party can give. Furthermore, Chen Ran’s popularity has a natural blessing effect, which is an advantage that other agents do not have.

"Then sir... Chen Ran is also in France now. We need to meet." Allen thought for a while and continued.

"It can be arranged!" Renn nodded, "Call the people from Nike and IMG. It is said that they have also expressed their willingness to invest in the agency company."

This Chinese person has used human sophistication to the extreme.

Allen sighed.

Other Chinese game companies came forward to contact them directly, but this Chinese player was better. He directly used his contacts in the United States and even tied them on a boat.

In fact, Americans are also very sophisticated, and the conditions offered by Chen Ran are quite attractive. Blizzard is not easy to refuse directly, and now the parent company seems to be inclined to find this young Chinese tennis player.

"Okay, then I'll make arrangements!"

Allen took out his cell phone and walked aside, starting to prepare for the next meeting.

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"Winning the Masters Championship five times this year! Chen Ran is not satisfied yet and aims to become the 'Golden Master' next year!"

After Chen Ran won his fifth Masters championship in the 2003 season, many Chinese media not only gave him front-page headlines, but also listed his heroic words.

"Master Jin!"

"Chen Ran really dares to think!"

"So far, no tennis player has achieved this achievement, not even goat Sampras."

"Nonsense, the goal is obviously Agassi. He has French Open and Olympic gold medals that Sampras doesn't have!"

"Idiot, the Grand Slam is the only criterion! Of course, if Sampras only has 8 or 9, there may still be competition, but he has 14, which is twice as many as Agassi!"

Some fans who have just joined the game asked: "Wait a minute! I only know the Grand Slam and the Golden Slam. What the hell is Master Jin? Can anyone explain it to me?"

"The so-called Master Jin means that he has won all nine Masters tournaments. You must know that the Masters tournament is often easily upset because of the small number of places and the best-of-three sets."

"The difficulty of Master Jin is actually higher than that of the Grand Slam. Of course, the most difficult thing is the Golden Slam. After all, the Olympic Games only happen once every four years."

Soon a big boss came to popularize science.

But no matter what, when Chen Ran called out "Master Jin", an achievement that had never been achieved in professional tennis, his name continued to appear frequently on TV stations, print media, and the Internet.

Even C5 Sports even held a discussion session, euphemistically titled "How to help Chen Ran better achieve the goal of 'Master Jin'."

The experts were sitting and chatting, drinking tea leisurely, and said seriously: Which Masters should Chen Ran focus on in 2004, and the remaining Masters in 2005? .

It is best that Chen Ran can achieve this achievement before the 2008 Yanjing Olympics.

For example, some experts are very certain that Chen Ran will not have a chance at the Cincinnati Masters next year because he has to prepare for the Athens Olympics.

Although in theory, if you arrange your time properly, you can seamlessly connect the Olympics and the Cincinnati Masters, at most it will be back-to-back.

But from Chen Ran's perspective, why bother? Is it necessary to go to such extreme lengths to destroy one's physical fitness?

Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities and time in the future.

However, except for a few Chen Hei's sour sarcastic remarks, most netizens praised Chen Ran's goals.

In a sport that is relatively popular around the world, especially one dominated by Europeans and Americans, they hope to see athletes like Chen Ran who dare to speak out and issue challenges.

People are not frivolous and waste their youth!

Young people should be full of energy.

In addition, many Chinese athletes in the past were too boring, especially when interviewed by the media.

Chen Ran brought an unprecedented sense of freshness to everyone.

Of course, basketball star Yao Ming is also very humorous, but the problem is that the big man has not achieved many results yet, which is far from Chen Ran.

Chen Ran is still in Paris, but he is also quietly paying attention to the news on the domestic Internet.

Very good, my popularity has always been far ahead, and my reputation is also excellent. After all, athletes still rely on their results.

If you have excellent grades, no matter how popular you are, the public will not be disgusted with you. If you have no grades, if you follow the example of traffic stars and market hard, the public's resentment will continue to soar.

"Hey, this news..."

Chen Ran suddenly clicked on a webpage.

While the topic of "Master Jin" had not yet dissipated, another piece of news quickly detonated the Internet.

This news is saying that a company called "Golden Slam Computer Systems Co., Ltd." hopes to obtain the agency rights for "World of Warcraft".

The legal person of the company is Zhu Xiaoli, and the company's major shareholder is actually Chen Ran.

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(End of this chapter)