Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 319 Chen Ran’s next goal

Those LSP netizens are right when they say that this is just a small yangma, not a big yangma.

As an athlete with outstanding physical fitness, Chen Ran was able to handle it easily.

However, he was slightly curious about whether it was normal for a French girl to "go to Wushan together" before falling in love.

After all, only when the body and spirit can match, the relationship between the two parties will be more harmonious.

This is not like some Chinese little fairies who talk about money before they even meet, even if they accept a gift and get engaged, if you want to go further, you will be sued for "gong is a girl"!

After a night of passion, the relationship between the two was obviously much closer.

After careful discussion, they decided that it should not affect their respective careers, so they decided not to make their relationship public for the time being.

They both became famous at a young age and have achieved financial freedom. As long as they want, they can meet at any time in any corner of the world.

Or maybe one day in the future, this relationship will end without a problem, leaving only endless aftertaste memories.

In the week after Christmas Eve, Chen Ran's life was extremely comfortable and comfortable.

Similarly, it seems that after a certain shackles in his mind were unlocked, he became more dedicated and focused in training.

On New Year's Day, the song "Running" sung by Chen Ran and Faye Wong officially landed on major radio stations.

In this era, new songs still need to hit the charts. They are first released on major radio stations and radio stations. Radio stations of all sizes cover every corner and have extremely wide dissemination capabilities.

As for the online players, they are all pirated songs, which are not authorized at all.

Of course, because the Internet began to become popular, there were already many Internet red songs around 2004.

For many record companies, in order to gain popularity, they also acquiesce in the circulation of these pirated songs on the Internet.

Thanks to the support of Chen Ran and Faye Wong, two top figures in the literary and sports circles, this song "Running" spread very quickly on the Internet and immediately reached the top three on major charts.

Especially the catchy and very cheerful rhythm has a kind of brainwashing magic that makes the audience hum it unconsciously.

There is no doubt that although 2004 has just begun, this song "Running" will definitely become one of the most popular Chinese songs.

Even the two people responsible for the lead vocals did not do any publicity activities after the song was released.

This also makes many people in the entertainment industry envious.

Even Yuquan Group questioned whether this song would still be so popular if they were asked to sing it.

It seems that the price is still too low.

Of course, although they sold the singing rights to this song and cannot put it into the album for re-recording, they can still sing it if they hold a concert in the future.

In addition, the Australian Open is imminent.

Chen Ran's team also revealed some news that during his participation in the Australian Open, the organizing committee will play this song live, so that more people can hear it, and it can also be brought to the Chinese fans who are watching the game. intimacy.

However, not everyone praised Chen Ran's first electric shock, especially those arrogant Americans.

From the perspective of the entertainment industry, Beautiful Country has always been in the position of dimensionality reduction attack on China.

Only Kung Fu superstars like Jackie Chan or Jet Li can export their products to the American market.

"Who is Faye Wong? The only Chinese entertainment stars I know are Jackie Chan and Jet Li!" The arrogant American sports reporter looked dismissive after learning about Chen Ran's partner.

However, due to Chen Ran's popularity in the United States, many Americans still listened to this song with critical and critical eyes.

"That's it?"

"It's not as good as what the Chinese media makes it sound like."

"There's not even a treble, this song is too easy."

"Just ordinary, nothing special."

Some American reporters even sourly sarcastically said: "This guy has only played for one season and now he is not doing his job properly. He is also hanging out with people in the entertainment industry, hoping that he will be taught a lesson at the Australian Open in the new season."

"Look at Roddick, how hard he worked during winter training. Videos and photos of training are posted every day."

"Where is Chen Ran? Is there a training photo posted? No!"

"Who knows whether this guy is training or on vacation, or maybe even picking up girls!"

"The next Hewitt? I'm sure his future is worse than Hewitt's today!"

Since Chen Ran's agency did not announce his schedule during the winter training, during this period, although the single "Running" due to him and Faye Wong was launched with great fanfare, Chen Ran himself seemed to have disappeared from the world, and no one knew about it. Where did he go for winter training?

"These American reporters are specifically targeting me to blackmail me, right?"

It seems that he and Yao Ming are two extremes. Yao Ming is very popular among American reporters, but he is always targeted by them in various ways.

Xiaode, thank me!

With my presence, the Western media's fire will not be focused on you in the future.

Chen Ran put down the newspaper expressionlessly.

He feels that his mentality should be outstanding among his age group.

No matter how venomous those American reporters were, I didn't take them seriously.

If it were other young players, they might have broken the defense.

The better your grades, the more stable your mentality will be.

Of course, this also has something to do with Chen Ran's outstanding performance. What's more, he is 35+ at heart, so what kind of storms has he never seen?

Especially those Western media who were accustomed to double standards in his previous life, he has long been exposed to it and is not surprised by it.

Zhang Depei also told Chen Ran that for many top players, after they have had a successful and brilliant season, the real challenge begins in the second year.

Because from this moment on, you will be watched by countless people, and your technical characteristics and playing style, as well as your weaknesses, will be studied by countless players.

The 2004 season will determine whether he reaches a higher level, remains where he is, or falls into a trough.

The Australian Open main draw officially started on January 1, and Chen Ran and his team chose to officially set off on January 19, leaving the paradise-like town of Ajaccio and flying directly from Paris to Melbourne.

"Honey, I hope you can win in Australia!"

This is the text message Ailijie sent to Chen Ran before he got on the plane.

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The Australian season has actually started on January 1, but Chen Ran did not participate in any tournaments before the Australian Open, which also caused many people to gossip.

Many people feel that Chen Ran's arrogance is getting bigger and bigger.

Generally speaking, the Australian Open is the first event of the four Grand Slams in a season, and most players take it very seriously.

Everyone wants to test the results of winter training, and in order to prepare for the Australian Open in better condition, they usually choose at least one of the tour stops to warm up for themselves.

Even for those top 5 players, they don’t care too much about appearance fees.

For example, Federer, who is currently ranked second in the world, failed to register for the Brisbane ATP 500 and successfully won the championship. The points gap between him and Chen Ran was further narrowed.

However, Chen Ran did not participate in any tour events during this period. In the eyes of many people, he was just dissatisfied with the appearance fee and was unwilling to condescend to lower his status for it.

Little did they know that Chen Ran was actually "competing" every day.

However, as Federer aspires to win the Bliss Tour, Chen Ran's ATP points are now only more than 500 points more than Federer.

For a player at this level, this advantage is minimal.

Many Western media have concluded that after this Australian Open, Federer will overtake Chen Ran, and even Roddick is very likely.

Chen Ran's ranking will drop from No. 1 in the world to No. 3 in the world.

From the end of the French Open to the opening of the Australian Open today, Chen Ran has stayed at the number one position in the world for a full 7 months.

It's been almost 30 weeks.

This result ranks 12th in the overall ranking of number one weeks in the world.

Among currently active players, there are three people ranked higher than Chen Ran.

They are Agassi's 101 weeks, Hewitt's 80 weeks, and Kuerten's 43 weeks.

Theoretically, Agassi and Hewitt still have a chance to return to the world's number one, but the competitive form of Brazilian king and three-time French Open winner Kuerten is not as good as before.

Then it is almost certain that Kuerten's number of weeks as the number one in the world will stay at 43 weeks forever.

"Remember before I was reborn, Spain's new king Alcaraz's number one week in the world was also 30 weeks." Chen Ran suddenly remembered this.

Then the next goal is to surpass Kurten in the number of weeks in the world, and also enter the top ten.

The current gap between the two is 13 weeks, which means that Chen Ran has to maintain the world's number one ranking for at least three months.

Then, Chen Ran directly ignored the names of Kuerten and Hewitt and focused on Agassi's name.

"101 weeks..."

"He and I are currently 71 weeks apart."

"It doesn't seem like the difference is big."

"And because of my relationship... his number of Grand Slams has been reduced from 8 to 7, which is one less than the original time and space."

Chen Ran suddenly remembered the scene at the US Open, where a bald white man tried to rush into the stadium aggressively, but was knocked down by security guards.

Soon, an extremely bold idea slowly emerged in Chen Ran's mind.

"I remember Agassi played until 2006 before retiring."

"It's been long enough."

"Then set a small goal. A two-pronged approach, and strive to surpass the opponent in terms of the number of Grand Slams and the number of weeks ranked No. 1 in the world before he retires."

"At that time, the expressions of those American fans and media will definitely be wonderful!"

Shortly after arriving in Melbourne, Australia, Chen Ran set this small goal and did not share this idea with anyone.

"Coach, let's start training." Chen Ran shouted towards Zhang Depei, "Starting from this year, Chen Ran's task of maintaining points will be very arduous."

Because not long ago, he had just been deducted 250 points, which were the championship points of last year's Auckland Tour.

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(End of this chapter)