Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 316 Neighbors, renew their relationship?

Naturally, the boss does not have to work. A boss who can both give blood and give material rewards is already a rare good boss, better than 95% of Chinese bosses.

After using the bonus as bait to get these young people excited, Chen Ran wandered aimlessly in this office building with his cousin Zhu Xiaoli.

In fact, in terms of grade, this office building is not considered high-end in Shanghai. It can only be considered a middle-grade building at most. The advantage is that it is in a good location.

Chen Ran has a fixed training ground in Modu, which is very close to this office building.

He was very interested and wanted to take his cousin for a walk around the nearby floors.

"There's nothing good to do on the floor upstairs!" Chen Ran's cousin Zhu Xiaoli said with a look of disgust, "It's a small Internet company."

"network company?"

Chen Ran was a little curious, "Is he also a game agent?"

The other party said that the scale is very small. In this era, what else can a smaller Internet company do besides being an agent for games?

Developing games? You don’t have this ability at all, do you know?

Zhu Xiaoli immediately said: "No. The name seems to be Xuanting Entertainment, and it is said to be a company engaged in online novels. Can you make money from this thing?"

She was talking to herself, but she didn't realize that Chen Ran's face was so wonderful.

Xuanting Entertainment? Isn't this the company name of Qidian Chinese Network?

This is so fateful!

When Chen Ran thought of himself in his previous life, he was a struggling writer on the Qidian Chinese website.

It seems that this month, Qidian Chinese website has launched a paid subscription model for online articles, which is considered a milestone event.

But my cousin was right. Today's Qidian Chinese website is really just an insignificant little shrimp. This is also because the market size of online novels itself is too small.

But in the next few years, this industry will enter a period of rapid development.

Chen Ran raised his head and looked towards the stairwell, somewhat lost in thought.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhu Xiaoli stretched out her palm and shook it vigorously in front of her cousin, "Is there anyone you know in that company?"

She also found that since she mentioned the words "Xuan Ting Entertainment", Chen Ran's behavior was a little strange.

"to be honest……"

Chen Ran's heart moved and he said in a joking tone: "Sometimes the night before an important game, I will be too nervous and unable to sleep, so..."

He stretched out his hand and pointed upstairs: "I will read this company's online novels to hypnotize you, and it seems to have a good effect."

There is such a thing!

Zhu Xiaoli's eyes widened with surprise.

"So you think this is fate?" Chen Ran laughed and was in a good mood.

Zhu Xiaoli scratched her scalp and said in confusion: "Even if what you said is true, is it necessary to be so excited?"

Chen Ran also found that he seemed to have lost his composure, which was seriously inconsistent with his status as a two-time Grand Slam winner and the world's number one.

"Actually, this website has two good online novels. They are very well written and I like them very much." Chen Ran said lightly, "They are "Zhu Xian" and "Piaomiao Journey"."

In fact, in 2003, Qidian Chinese website produced many high-quality online novels.

For example, "Legend of Xiaobing", "Tan of the Demon God", "Mercenary World" and so on.

However, based on Chen Ran’s personal taste, I still prefer those two books.

Of course, he would not take advantage of his divine perspective and celebrity effect to directly buy the full copyright of these two books at a low price. There was no need for him to do such a tasteless thing.

I am not short of money, so there is no need to do things that ruin people's wealth.

"Let's do this..." Chen Ran pondered for a while and continued, "You prepare some flowers and fruit baskets to send over to say hello, and say that our company has newly opened. From now on, everyone will be neighbors, even if they know each other."

"Okay!" Now that the boss has spoken, Zhu Xiaoli can only nod.

"Then do you need me to tell you anything else?" She then blinked again, "Your identity is not a secret."

The woman's intuition told her that her cousin seemed to be very interested in this "Qidian Chinese Network".

"I wish them long-lasting success!"

"That's it?"

Chen Ran touched his nose and continued: "Let me just say that I personally like "Zhu Xian" and "Piao Miao Journey" very much. I hope the author can update them more."

He is directly giving fame and fortune to these two authors.

Because Chen Ran said this, the advertising effect will be there, and Qidian will probably use these two books to widely publicize it to increase its popularity.

"Any more?"

"Gone!"

Chen Ran shrugged, looking very indifferent.

In fact, there was a vague idea lingering in Chen Ran's mind, but he had no concrete concept.

He tried to capture this vague idea, but never made any progress.

"Then let's go hang out on the nearby floors?"

"never mind!"

Chen Ran walked back to his company, walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling windows, and looked down.

Not far from this office building, there happens to be a tennis training ground.

This is the most perfect match! In the next tennis season, Chen Ran also plans to return to Magic City to rest and adjust during the breaks between games, and his daily training will also be done in Magic City, on the court in front of him.

There was such a picture in his mind.

After a hard day's training, Chen Ran could take a shower and change clothes directly in the training ground.

Then he can leisurely walk back to his company with his tennis bag.

As a boss, he must have a separate office.

Make a pot of tea, log in to your fully-leveled "Warcraft" hunter account, and then patrol the Stranglethorn Valley for a few rounds before logging off. Life is so simple and beautiful.

This is the advantage of tennis players. Like football players and basketball players who play for foreign clubs, they basically stay for more than half a year, but Chen Ran does not need to do this.

After playing games abroad, especially majors like the four Grand Slams, he can directly return to his country to adjust.

Within a year, Chen Ran could stay in China for a large part of his time.

The reason why he chose Magic City instead of Yanjing was not only that it was closer to his hometown, but also that the air quality in Yanjing in the next few years would be really bad.

In addition, he personally prefers the environment of the Magic City. After all, he worked in this city for several years in his previous life and is very familiar with it.

But this does not mean that Chen Ran will not go to Yanjing in the future, but he will only go to Yanjing when there are competition tasks or business activities.

Chen Ran's self-control is still very strong.

Although he has become famous, he ended the season with the first place at the end of the year.

But in a magical city full of temptations and vanity fairs everywhere, he still focused on training and declined invitations to various activities.

In his words, the Australian Open is approaching, and there are too many guys watching behind him, and there is no room for any carelessness.

"Sister, when my head coach is in the United States, you will be responsible for paying the salary of the training staff during my training. It will be through the company account. I will only be responsible for peace of mind training."

Chen Ran said with a smile.

He decisively handed over this task to his cousin.

You see, the advantage of having a company is that many personal expenses can be paid openly through the company account, saving a lot of trouble.

There are many professional tennis players in Magic City, some retired provincial team and national team players, and some current players, who are Chen Ran's best sparring partners.

In general training, he would fight one against two and still not fall behind.

"Okay, you're a busy man!" Zhu Xiaoli could only agree.

Chen Ran waved his hand and replied: "Then I'm going to train. If you have anything, report to me in time. In addition, please discuss financial matters with my aunt."

In short, you can trust outsiders in other technical aspects, but the company's finances are basically in the hands of your cousin and aunt.

"Understood!"

In the last week of November and the first week of December, Chen Ran lived a low-key life, from apartment to training ground to company.

During this period, both Shanghai TV Station and Oriental TV Station wanted to invite Chen Ran to participate in the program, but he declined them one by one.

The rhythm of winter training cannot be disrupted!

There are even entertainment programs that want him to tell stories about himself and the French actress Alizee and the Russian golden flower Sharapova.

Facing these unscrupulous people, he asked his agent to hang up the phone and blocked his number.

“Aren’t American journalists looking forward to becoming the next Hewitt?”

"I will definitely slap you in the face!"

But one day in December, agent Xue Peng found Chen Ran and mentioned something.

"Chen Ran!"

"After such a perfect season, IMG is considering publishing an "Autobiography" for you! Of course, this is not the only one! If there is a chance in the future, there will be "Autobiography 2" and "Autobiography 3" "of……"

Indeed, for those superstars, an autobiography is not enough to encompass their glorious careers.

After experiencing an extremely brilliant season, Chen Ran is indeed qualified to publish "Autobiography", and with the current popularity, he should be able to obtain good sales.

If his future career reaches a trough or even ends, it is unlikely that there will be "Autobiography 2", so it makes sense to seize the current opportunity.

"The company believes that your "Autobiography" can earn at least US$300 million in copyright income globally!" the agent said excitedly.

Two years ago, some of the main players of the national football team also published "Autobiographies" by taking advantage of the opportunity to enter the World Cup. The autograph session was packed with people and they reaped the dividends.

Imagine if this had happened after the 2002 World Cup, the effect might have been greatly reduced.

Chen Ran's achievements are far better than those of the national football players. You can imagine how sensational the signing will be.

However, Chen Ran suddenly thought of the Qidian Chinese website upstairs, and another possibility came to mind.

Should I cooperate with them and also develop electronic subscriptions? After all, this is also the trend of the times, and I have become the first to take advantage of it.

As for the subscription being divided into 9 for me and 1 for them, is this not too much to ask for?

After all, we are giving them assists, fame and fortune, and it is a win-win situation for everyone.

……

PS: Isn’t this just a combination of the protagonist, tennis and the starting point?

(End of this chapter)