Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 370 "Autobiography" starting point

What motivates Chen Ran to participate in all nine Masters tournaments this time?

In addition to staying No. 1 in the world, there is also a year-end dividend for Qinqin.

He doesn't want to continue to be exploited by ATP.

Last year, Chen Ran missed two of the nine Masters tournaments, but won five of them.

But the result? More than half of my year-end dividend was withheld by ATP!

Seven stops is the baseline for receiving year-end dividends, but no matter how good your results are, part of them will be deducted.

Chen Ran is absent from the Monte Carlo Masters and Hamburg Masters.

At that time, even if he took a round of travel, his year-end dividend would increase a lot.

So Chen Ran made up his mind that if there were no injuries, he could perform badly, but he could not miss the game.

Of course, in the context of the Chinese Legion's all-out attack, Chen Ran, the leader, still has to serve as a role model.

This is the evaluation given to Zheng Jie by many Chinese media.

In addition, the focus of media attention is the first collaboration between Zheng Jie and Zhang Depei.

"No one cares about this crappy project except during the Olympics."

This is just a runner-up in the Masters, and it has left those Olympic women's sports champions behind, including the current diving queen Guo Jingjing.

There are also Olympic women's champions who complained: "Forget it about Chen Ran, after all, he has three Grand Slams. But Zheng Jie doesn't even have a world championship. She is only a runner-up in the Masters. Why does she earn so much?"

Indeed, because of the crushing advantage of women's tennis in women's sports, a girl in her early 20s has become the richest woman in Chinese sports.

Nothing is permanent!

"Just because she is engaged in tennis, it is more noble than other sports!"

Although everyone was only talking about it privately, after it was exposed by reporters, it immediately aroused a lot of controversy, making Zheng Jie herself feel even more stressed.

Who dares to imagine that Zhang Depei, who was still coaching Chen Ran during the "Sunshine Double Tournament", would become Zheng Jie's coach just half a month later.

"If I have a daughter in the future, I will never let her play football!"

"The richest woman in Chinese sports!"

Her mental quality is not as strong as Chen Ran's, and she doesn't take the rumors outside seriously at all.

"Yes, she is not a world champion or an Olympic champion, so why should she?"

"If I had known better, I would have gone to play tennis!"

It is true that men's football has an absolute advantage over men's tennis, but in tennis it is the other way around.

And Chen Ran, seeing how he will perform without a coach has everyone talking.

Women's football players who have won double runner-up positions in the World Cup and Olympic Games have been complaining about this in private.

"Football is the number one sport, but why are we so different from men's football?"

"How much does it cost for us to work so hard?"

Female tennis players outstrip female football players in terms of bonuses and endorsements.

Fortunately, this time she had the head coach Zhang Depei guiding her, so that she would not be distracted by the comments outside.

"The Monte Carlo Masters is my chance to prove myself!" Zheng Jie clenched her fists, wanting to prove something.

This is the weathervane of the French Open and the most watched tour stop before the French Open.

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"No, you can't do this..."

Chen Ran looked at Zeng Shaoxuan, another Chinese male player in the competition, and shook his head helplessly.

This time, through the operation of the brokerage company, Zeng Shaoxuan directly obtained a wild card for the main draw. The Monte Carlo Masters is also a Super Masters tournament with 96 draws.

Therefore, for the sake of the Chinese market, it is reasonable to give Zeng Shaoxuan a wild card for the main draw.

Of course, this is also related to Zeng Shaoxuan's outstanding performance in the Indian Wells Masters.

He won two games in the qualifying round and one in the main match, which was considered three consecutive wins. His strength was also recognized by the French organizing committee.

only……

This kid really doesn't know how to play clay. He is completely using hard court methods to play clay. Even the sliding steps required on clay courts are not very standardized.

This won't work at all, and a little luck might get you through the round.

Increasing topspin and strengthening the bottom line are essential skills on clay courts.

Especially in Monte Carlo.

You have to know that there are several clay court Masters tournaments, but the clay court in Monte Carlo is the closest to the French Open.

This is also the biggest reason why the Monte Carlo Masters is known as the French Open weathervane.

For example, Australia's Rocket Laver, Sweden's Elvis Borg, Germany's golden boy Becker, Austria's Muster, and French Open three-time champion Kurten all won the Monte Carlo Masters first, and then won the same year. French Open champion.

In addition, Nadal, the king of clay, completed an unprecedented six consecutive championships in the Monte Carlo Masters.

Nadal?

By the way, I almost looked at this Spanish guy.

After all, this guy's recent limelight has been overshadowed by Swiss brother Wawrinka.

The clay court season is here, and the 18-year-old Nadal will probably not be willing to be a spectator.

He will definitely challenge those tennis players.

"Keep practicing!"

Chen Ran shouted to Zeng Shaoxuan again: "At least you don't hate clay, and you are very enthusiastic. This is the key to playing well on clay!"

"Unlike that guy Roddick, he made no secret of his dislike of clay courts!"

If Zeng Shaoxuan met Roddick in Monte Carlo, would there be a chance for an upset?

Compared to hard courts and grass, this is indeed the only court where the Chinese second brother is likely to beat Roddick.

However, Roddick is a big seed, and Zeng Shaoxuan must pass the first round before he can meet him.

This is difficult for him.

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Before the start of the Monte Carlo Masters, Chen Ran made another sensational news.

He announced through his agency that his first "autobiography" will be released in the second half of the year.

The first book in Chen Ran's "Autobiography" series records his journey from the ITF Hope Games to winning the Australian Open this year and a half.

However, what surprised everyone was that Chen Ran's "Autobiography" adopted a new model.

In addition to the traditional physical version, an electronic subscription version has also been launched, and the first platform is a novel website called "Qidian Chinese Network".

Chen Ran has reached a cooperation intention with the "Qidian Chinese Network". In the future, every "Autobiography" will be launched in an electronic subscription version and then serialized on Qidian.

As for the share of electronic subscriptions, it’s 9 to 1!

Chen Ran’s rating is 9%, and his starting point is 1%, which is much higher than any great writer.

However, Qidian Chinese Network will accept it very positively even if it gets 0%. After all, the advertising effect and traffic drainage effect that Chen Ran can bring are extraordinary.

In addition, through this cooperation, Chen Ran also invested in the acquisition of some shares of Qidian Chinese Network and became one of the major shareholders, but will not participate in the specific operations.

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(End of this chapter)