Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 409 "Chen Style" Double Standard

It makes no difference if you have a coach or not!
After Chen Ran's team no longer had a head coach, his performance was indeed not affected.

Two Masters champions, he reached the Wimbledon final, and has been ranked No. 1 in the world.

That certainly seems to be the case.

But is it really okay to say it so openly?
This is very crazy to say, even if Chen Ran has good grades.

It has only been half a year since you and Zhang Depei parted ways.

Is this how you ignore his contribution?

However, from Chen Ran's perspective, Zhang Depei, as a rookie coach, achieved unprecedented achievements after coaching him.

Especially with the support of the Chinese market, he also received a large amount of off-site business income through Chen Ran's help.

After Chen Ran, he was hired by Zheng Jie with a salary increase of several times, and he could continue to legitimately make money in the huge market of China.

Praising the losers?
Feel sorry!

Especially this was at Wimbledon. Zhang Depei's best result was only the quarterfinals, while Chen Ran had already reached the final and was already far ahead of his opponent.

But if you think about it carefully, if Chen Ran can win this final, then he will achieve a Grand Slam achievement.

It can even be said that if you leave this coaching opportunity to others, you will also achieve great success.

In American professional sports, the winner takes all, and the loser will not receive any sympathy. It is so cruel and realistic.

This young man is so crazy!

Is this a provocation?

Comparing the two people, the completely different attitude contrast is too obvious.

Unless you can invest in media companies and control the discourse like a certain executive deputy goat, a group of people will pat the rainbow fart wildly, even if you are the runner-up, you can brag to the sky.

"In professional sports, 1+1 does not equal 2!"

His subtext is already clear: he is not afraid of the combination of Federer and Sampras.

Compared with Chen Ran, Roddick broke his defense after learning the news.

"I think the coach can only guide the players and cannot replace the players in the game."

In just a few words, Chen Ran suddenly became the focus of the conversation.

Chen Ran spoke with a calm smile on his face.

It also adds to the excitement for the upcoming Wimbledon final.

Is this the difference between the two of them?
During the interview, the American reporter was already thinking about how he would complain about Roddick later.

Chen Ran was just telling the truth.

The American reporter continued to follow closely and asked: "I know Roddick was very dissatisfied with this matter before."

"So from your point of view, you are not actually afraid of Sampras becoming Federer's head coach, right?"

So he didn't feel like he owed the other party anything.

In the entire history of professional tennis, very few players have been able to achieve this achievement. What a huge honor this would be.

"Chen Ran, there is another question."

Another reporter from Spain asked, "Will professional tennis become a competition between you and Federer in the next few years?"

At this time, Chen Ran seemed very humble.

"In fact, in my opinion, the top 20 players are all very close in strength. Anyone can win, and anyone can lose."

"I'm not sure of winning."

"So I never thought that the future of professional tennis would be a competition between me and Roger."

He glanced meaningfully at the Spanish reporter who had just asked the question. He knew exactly what the other person wanted to ask, and then smiled: "Of course, Nadal from your country will also be one of the main competitors in the future."

"Chen Ran, if you win Wimbledon, it will be a Grand Slam, and the gap between you and Agassi is only three Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal." The American reporter just continued to ask, "If you win this year's Athens Olympics again, it seems only a matter of time before you overtake Agassi."

This is a very sharp question.

As Chen Ran's honor record gets closer to Agassi's, it becomes easier and easier for the two to be compared by the outside world. "Although the Olympics are indeed very close, I don't have the energy to think about this question now. I can't answer this question."

Chen Ran shook his head decisively.

Surpass Agassi? Sampras is his real goal!

Of course, at this moment, Chen Ran would not express his true thoughts.

"Okay, next question."

"Can't you Western journalists ask for something nutritious?"

"The last question I leave to our Chinese reporters."

The last person to ask the question was a reporter from China’s official media.

"Chen Ran, first of all I wish you good results in the finals."

"But you know many fans have expressed concerns since your team announced their post-Wimbledon schedule."

This final question was actually deliberately arranged by Chen Ran’s team.

He needed to take this opportunity to tell a national audience about his plans.

In 2004, the Chinese people attached great importance to the Olympic Games. To a large extent, this was a key battle for whether an athlete could become a god. Of course, football was an exception.

In addition, Chen Ran gives the impression to the outside world that he is relatively talkative and easy-going.

He may talk about some eye-catching topics, but he rarely directly criticizes the media or fans. This is completely different from the explosive temper of later Li Na.

In fact, no matter how bad you are, there is no need to criticize the media or fans.

It makes no sense.

Even if you really want to vent your emotions, you can confront the foreign media and fans, so that everyone will think you are genuine.

After all, your biggest market is still in China, and foreign markets are just the icing on the cake.

Chen Ran also deliberately establishes a personal and frivolous, yet polite image for the outside world.

It might be a little difficult for an ordinary young person to maintain such a multi-faceted image, but with Chen Ran's mental age of over 30, it is not difficult to do this.

"It's too long between Wimbledon and the Olympics."

"Court and hard courts are completely different games."

"I need to find some warm-up for myself and get familiar with the feeling of the game as soon as possible."

"As for the appearance fee, I won't ask for it. I think there is nothing to hesitate in making this sacrifice and concession for the Athens Olympics."

Chen Ran spoke very grandly and explained very patiently without any airs, which also won the favor of many Chinese reporters present.

What do Chinese audiences hate the most?
Double standard!

Some celebrities, whether they are athletes or entertainers, have one face when facing domestic reporters and another face when facing foreign reporters.

When facing Chinese reporters, he has a cold face, as if someone owes him money, and he is very embarrassed. But when facing foreign reporters, he has a different face, smiling broadly.

In this regard, Yao Ming actually does a better job and can basically treat everyone equally.

However, there is a young female artist in the entertainment industry who claims to be an international movie queen. Because she has shot several big-budget movies, she really has her eyes set above her head.

It stands to reason that this "international female movie star" has the best performance among artists around the 80s, but her reputation on the Internet is not as good as that of other artists of this generation.

For example, when netizens mention Chen Ran and Yao Ming, they feel proud, but when it comes to the "international movie queen", let alone pride, it is polite not to complain or curse a few words.

Chinese audiences hate the double standards of domestic stars.

What about reverse double standards?
Is there really such a star?

For example, Chen Ran just criticized an American reporter.

That's so cute!

Chinese people have such double standards!

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(End of this chapter)