Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 353: Outstanding, leading by fault

The Forbes celebrity list that once made countless Chinese tennis players talk about it has finally landed in China.

This kind of list is full of gimmicks and can arouse heated discussions among countless people.

In the original time and space, as soon as the China Forbes celebrity list was announced, it caused an earthquake-like effect and attracted the attention of countless people.

The incomes of popular cultural and sports stars were exposed to the public for the first time.

To this end, the Chinese version of Forbes magazine even invited a large number of reporters and media to hold a press conference at Yanjing Oriental Plaza.

The deputy editor-in-chief of "Forbes" global edition, Fan Luxian from the United Kingdom, also attended the event in person to express the headquarters' importance to the first Chinese Celebrity Forbes List.

"This is the top ten rankings!"

Facing nearly a hundred reporters, the old British man proudly listed the list.

The first place is clearly occupied by the word "Chen Ran".

No.1 in income and No.1 in overall ranking.

The live list is a comprehensive ranking calculated based on Internet searches, browsing, TV media exposure and income, while the sub-list only

Calculate the celebrity's annual income.

In this list, Chen Ran suddenly ranked first in income and overall ranking, even far ahead of others.

His income in 2003 was as high as 2.3 million yuan!

"Do I really have that much?"

"Forbes is still making blind statistics!"

Chen Ran also looked confused.

"Actually, it's almost the same before tax, but most of your money is invested in the stock market and stores."

Agent Xue Peng said word by word, very seriously, "In addition to competition bonuses and endorsement fees last year, there were so many ATP and WTA tours in China, and they all invited you to be their spokesperson, and the income was also very considerable. "

"In addition...during the US Open, you participated in many commercial activities in the United States and made a lot of money."

"This amount should also be included in Forbes' statistics. After all, they are an American magazine and they must have first-hand information."

Let me go, is this Forbes a dog? This can be sniffed out too!

Tennis is one of the most commercially successful sports in the world, and Chen Ran, the world's number one, has a huge tennis market. Two Grand Slams and five Masters championships have created his business myth.

From Nike alone, Chen Ran received nearly 1500 million U.S. dollars in plus-shares from endorsement fees.

Chen Ran also received more than 600 million US dollars in prize money from the ATP Tour and the four Grand Slams.

Adding the two alone, Chen Ran's pre-tax income has exceeded 1.6 million yuan.

The remaining 70 million is income from various endorsements and commercial activities.

This kind of income is actually not unexpected.

This is why Chen Ran was a little surprised by Forbes' method of sorting out all aspects of information in such a detailed manner and making the total income so close to the real figures.

Chen Ran's eyes moved and stopped at the second person.

Yao Ming, with an annual income of 1 million, ranks third in income and second overall.

This means that the top two names in the first China Celebrity List are all taken by the sports circle, which is gratifying.

However, Yao Ming's ranking second was completely expected by Chen Ran, but...

Brother Yao's income seems to be less than in the original time and space.

Chen Ran still has fresh memories of the first Forbes Celebrity List.

He remembers clearly that Yao Ming's income is 1.2 million, ranking second and first in the overall ranking; and the top earner is Kung Fu superstar Jet Li, with 1.3 million, but due to insufficient exposure, he can only be ranked tenth in the overall ranking. .

In addition, the current Forbes celebrity list is limited to mainland China, and it was not until 2010 that it included Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"This means that Yao Ming's income has decreased, maybe because of me?" "Am I here to share the cake?"

After all, Chen Ran's shining achievements are enough to make the little giant look up to him.

In addition, Liu Xiang, who won the 110-meter hurdles championship at the World Athletics Championships in Paris, has soared into the sky a year earlier than before.

It's just that the World Championships are not the Olympics after all, so Liu Xiang only ranks eleventh with an income of 1000 million, second only to kung fu superstar Jet Li.

Of course, this ranking ranks third among all athletes.

Among the top ten, except for Chen Ran and Yao Ming, the other eight places are all monopolized by the entertainment industry.

Such as Zhang Yimou, Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, etc.

But in terms of income, except for Jet Li, who is in his early 1 million, the rest of the people are basically hovering between and million. This is different from those who will be on the list more than ten years later, who can easily earn , , or even million. One billion is incomparable.

The entertainment industry in this era is not yet a period of influx of big capital.

In addition, this list includes Lai Ming and Faye Wong, but not Jackie Chan or Andy Lau. Although Forbes clearly stated that it will not include celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan, artists who were born in mainland China and then went to Hong Kong and Taiwan to develop their careers are also included.

Queen Faye Wong’s income is 2300 million, which is almost one-tenth of Chen Ran’s, while Li Yapeng only has a mere 200 million, ranking 65th.

No wonder "Guo Daxia" always wanted to drag him into a business partnership, he was really jealous.

"It's just that my income is a bit too impressive, and it attracts too much hatred!"

Chen Ran not only occupies the first place on the double list, but he is also the leader in the gap, leaving all the others far behind.

Even if Forbes included artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan, except for Jackie Chan, it would be difficult for anyone else to pose a threat to Chen Ran.

Even Jackie Chan may be able to equal Chen Ran in terms of income, but in terms of overall performance, he is probably no match for Chen Ran.

In the past year, his exposure on the Internet and TV media has been too high.

This was before his relationship with Alizee was exposed.

If it was exposed, how sensational would it be?

Totally unimaginable!

"Old Xue!"

Chen Ran seemed to have thought of something, "Do you want to hold a press conference to deny it? Just say that I don't have that much income and it was Forbes and others who made it up!"

"Yes, yes... but the question is, will others believe it?" Xue Peng thought of this.

As a member of IMG, Xue Peng knows Forbes very well.

This magazine has high credibility in the United States, and the various lists it produces have long been accepted by Americans.

Therefore, so many Chinese media and the public are eagerly waiting for this.

They will inevitably support the authenticity of the "Forbes list". No matter how you deny it, they will not believe it and will only think that you are guilty of tax avoidance.

Yes, many people deny it because they are guilty of tax avoidance!

"By the way, I paid my taxes reasonably, right?"

"Of course! IMG is a professional company!"

"Forget it, if there is no tax evasion anyway, there is no need to deny it!" Chen Ran shrugged and said helplessly.

He gave up his resistance, but artists throughout the Chinese entertainment industry began to deny it wildly.

"Nonsense!"

"How can I never earn so much money!"

"Not even half of it!"

"Wait a minute, the tax department is looking for me... Damn Forbes, I'm CNM!"

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(End of this chapter)