Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 462 Proud Record (4K)

Chen Ran never trusted his agency 100%.

If you are just a pure tennis star, it doesn't matter. Everyone is a community of interests and everyone will prosper.

But now as its own industry continues to expand, and it involves more than just the sports industry, problems arise.

When wealth grows like a snowball, people's hearts begin to wander.

Especially when Chen Ran successfully invested in "Qidian" and received huge returns, he found that everything was developing in an unpredictable trajectory.

His agent Xue Peng was originally an agent involved in the sports and entertainment industries, and Chen Ran's cooperation with him should be limited to this.

The success of Chen Ran's investment in Qidian also gave them the illusion that they could be successful even in industries they were unfamiliar with.

But this is not what Chen Ran wants to see.

The exchange between him and his agent just now made Chen Ran think that some things had to be handled with caution.

Chen Ran does not want his investment to be associated with his agency or agent. The cooperation between the two parties is second only to the sports field, otherwise problems will arise sooner or later.

"Chen Ran...are you really not optimistic about the prospects of these companies?"

Just as he was silent, his cousin beside him said, "I think their PPT is very detailed and beautiful. They obviously put a lot of effort into it."

"Haha..." Chen Ran was also amused, "If they don't make the PPT look good, how can they attract investment? You have to remember that whether the entrepreneur is capable and capable depends on whether the PPT is good-looking. It doesn’t matter.”

He suddenly remembered Accountant Jia who was famous for being "good at making PPTs".

"Hey, there's something..."

Chen Ran suddenly remembered a past incident.

In his previous life, when Accountant Jia became a lazy man and fled to the beautiful country on the other side of the ocean, he also left a famous saying that "go back to China next week."

At that time, Chen Ran specifically checked the information about "LeTV" and found that the company was established in 2004.

This means that Accountant Jia has almost begun to embark on the road of deception.

His eyes flickered, and a bold idea came to his mind.

"It seems that Ele.me was established in 2008, right?" Chen Ran thought of another past event.

It happened to be the year that the Yanjing Olympics was held, so the time was stuck very well.

By then, my career should have reached its peak, and I would take advantage of this momentum to invest in this company with great potential.

Chen Ran quietly put a check mark in front of the company's name.

In fact, it is difficult for you to invest in companies like Byte or Pinduoduo. Moreover, the initial amount of investment in these companies will be very large, and you do not have that much cash flow.

At most, he can only buy some stocks on the stock market.

But what does that mean to him?

If you just buy stocks, you might as well buy Tencent, Apple or Nvidia.

However, for a company like Ele.me that has great potential but is not a giant, he still has a good chance of becoming an investor.

In terms of commercial value, "Ele.me" is far greater than "Qidian". Their user base is not of the same order of magnitude, so Jack Ma did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to acquire it.

Of course, Chen Ran has not disclosed these thoughts to anyone.

"Leave the company's affairs to me, especially the financial aspects. I will take care of them carefully. You can rest assured and go to the competition."

Zhu Xiaoli confidently said, "After you finish playing in the Magic City, are you going to Europe?"

"No, I will not participate in the European indoor season." Chen Ran said with certainty. This was the first time he talked about his inner thoughts with others.

"What? You are not participating in the European indoor season?" Zhu Xiaoli was a little surprised.

"I may not even participate in this year's year-end, of course because of injuries." Chen Ran continued.

"What's going on? Are you really injured?" Zhu Xiaoli was a little worried.

"Ha~ physical fatigue is also part of the injury." Chen Ran smiled and said, "Now all my energy is focused on the Magic City Helix Race, trying not to leave any regrets."

"As for the year-end, I actually hope to win the year-end championship in the Magic City next year."

After going through a tiring and arduous season, Chen Ran really didn't want to travel all the way to Houston in the United States for the year-end.

With his current points, even if he does not participate in the European indoor season and the end of the year, he is guaranteed to be at least second in the world rankings.

Except for Federer, the points gap between other players and Chen Ran is too big.

Either he is the first in the world or he is the second in the world.

And this world number one was only obtained by Federer by chance during his spare time on vacation. This is not important at all.

"Then there's really nothing wrong with your health?" My cousin said with some concern.

"There must be no problem now..." Chen Ran joked, "If I keep going from China to Europe and then to the United States, I may be too tired and something will go wrong."

"After all, the body is the capital of revolution, and my goal is to fight until at least 35 years old!"

“And I want to still be competitive at that age.”

The 36-year-old Djokovic won three Grand Slam championships and one Grand Slam runner-up in 2023. In addition, he also won the year-end championship and several Masters championships.

This is Chen Ran's goal.

He hopes he can become such a legend
"35 years old!"

Zhu Xiaoli was a little shocked, "Sampras retired at the age of 30, and Agassi's competitive state was not what it used to be when he was 34. To be honest, I originally thought your goal was to persist until the age of 30."

"30 years old? That's too young. At 30, I'm at my peak!" Chen Ran smiled, "I hope to be the tallest mountain and the longest river."

After all, the 18-year-old myself is still in the stage of growing up.

By next year, Chen Ran will be 19 years old. His body will become better and better at adapting to continuous high-intensity competitions, and his skills will also become increasingly perfect.

"Yes, the key is the body."

Chen Ran understood this very well.

Although his own physical fitness is good, physical fitness and endurance are two different things.

Just like many players in the NBA who have bodies like birds and beasts, they are actually men of glass.

Therefore, Chen Ran is very careful about his body and tries his best to avoid participating in continuous high-intensity competitions.

As for playing with injuries? Sorry, he was never this selfless game.

……

After handling the company's affairs, Chen Ran once again devoted himself to training.

Downstairs in his company's office building, Chen Ran also specially built a hard tennis court for him to use for daily training.

You have to do business and make money, but your main business is still tennis and you must not take it away.

As the last Heineken Open in Shanghai, although it is only a 250-meter event, the organizing committee still invested heavily and invited many well-known players to participate.

Among the top 10 players in the world, the only ones who did not come to participate in the competition were Agassi and Federer.

Agassi had a bad reputation. In 2001, he received one million US dollars in appearance fees, but was eliminated in the first round and was directly blacklisted by the Shanghai Organizing Committee.

As for Federer, the Magic City Organizing Committee and the Yanjing Organizing Committee have the same idea.

They did not give the Swiss and Chen Ran the same offer, so the arrogant Federer did not sign up to participate.

Yanjing China Open plus Magic City Heineken Open, the total points are only 750. If they are gone, they will be gone. He does not care.

The last Star-studded Magic City Heineken Tournament in history finally opened with the attention of hundreds of millions of viewers. And Chen Ran is undoubtedly the star among the stars.

Can he successfully defend his title? This is what everyone is concerned about.

So far, Chen Ran has won all the competitions he has participated in in China.

From the initial ITF Hope Tour, to the ATP Challenger Tour, and now to the ATP Tour.

Since Chen Ran entered the professional tennis world, he has never let these champions fall by the wayside.

"This is a record to be proud of, and I hope Chen Ran can continue to maintain it."

The host at the scene said very excitedly.

This record had not been discovered by the media before, but after Chen Ran won the China Open, it was discovered by sharp-eyed reporters.

Soon, this important record was placed on Chen Ran's head and was hailed as a major honor.

"This year, next year, later...even in 2008, we hope that Chen Ran can win all the championships in China."

Faced with this condition, Chen Ran rarely avoided it, but chose to face it head-on.

"This is good!"

"I love records like this!"

"It does have some special meaning."

"Being able to play in front of local fans and win the championship is a great feeling."

"Since you ask so, then I will do my best."

After a pause, Chen Ran continued leisurely: "This is the third year. Well... I believe there will be a fourth year, a fifth year... a seventh year. But I have a condition I want to discuss with you. Talk, but I’ll tell you now.”

He maintained a sense of mystery, which immediately aroused the curiosity of many people.

"I will tell everyone about my plan after this Heineken competition is over."

"Of course, the premise is that I can win the championship."

Chen Ran was very happy because he found that the other party took the initiative to give him the opportunity, giving him enough reason to do what he wanted.

"what's the plan?"

“Do I have to win the championship before I can reveal it?”

Everyone is also very curious, but they can only suppress their curiosity.

……

In the first round, Chen Ran’s opponent was British star Henry Henman.

This should be considered his low-end manservant.

Without any suspense, Chen Ran directly gave Henman two fried dough sticks and eliminated his opponent 6 to 1.

The game went very smoothly and the game lasted less than 50 minutes.

Tennis matches are so special. When the time is long, it is much longer than a basketball or football match, but when it is short, it is far less than the opponent.

In the second round, Chen Ran faced the world-famous Australian cannon Philippoussis. He showed his unique serve-receiving ability in tennis.

6 to 3, 6 to 2.

Chen Ran once again won the game with an absolute advantage.

The game lasted less than an hour.

In the post-match interview, Australian cannon Philippoussis was full of praise for Chen Ran.

"Really, I'm sure that Chen Ran's serve-receiving ability is definitely the best in the current tennis world."

"Chen Ran is the only one who makes me feel like my serve is like shit!"

Philippsis's words amazed netizens, and they also ridiculed him as the number one "Chen Biao" in today's professional tennis world.

But Philippoussis, who is famous for his cannon serve, was broken twice by Chen Ran in both sets, which shocked the entire professional tennis world.

In the Heineken competition in Shanghai, Chen Ran's competitive state was obviously much better than when he was in Yanjing.

Even Chen Ran himself joked: "Perhaps I am more suitable for the climate in the Magic City than Yanjing."

"Does this mean the Yanjing Olympics are in danger?"

"Haha, it's possible. It would be great if Magic City could hold a tennis match...after all, although it is the Yanjing Olympics, not all the games will be in Yanjing." Chen Ran also joked.

After entering the quarterfinals, Chen Ran continued his strong form.

His opponent in the quarterfinals is also a world-class player, France's No. 1 Grosjean.

But after the first set between the two, the Frenchman habitually raised the white flag.

6 is better than 1!

Chen Ran once again sent out a fried dough stick in the first set.

In the second set, the French gave up their resistance.

6 is better than 0!

Chen Ran completed an incredible sweep, which also excited the audience.

So far, Chen Ran has sent three 3-6s and one 1-6, showing the absolute strength of the first player in tennis.

He locked up a spot in the semi-finals very easily.

Because the Magic City Helix Race is a 250-race race, the schedule is very compact, basically one race a day.

However, Chen Ran's condition has obviously been adjusted very well, and he still performs very bravely at the pace of one game a day.

In the semifinals, he continued to show a strong attitude when facing Spanish star Ferrero.

Taking away the game with two 6-3 runs.

So far, Chen Ran has been broken once by his opponent and has not even reached a break point.

In the eyes of the outside world, there is no other candidate for the championship of this Heineken Championship except him.

Chen Ran’s opponent in the final was not his old friend Roddick.

Although everyone was looking forward to the showdown between China and the United States, this time Roddick missed the appointment again. He unexpectedly lost to Thai Sri Chapan in the semifinals.

Sri Chapan reached the ATP Tour final for the fifth time.

He is still the well-deserved second man in Asia, but the gap between the second man and the first man is as big as a cloud.

With an unexpected upset victory over Roddick, Srichaphan seemed to have exhausted all his luck.

In the finals, he was powerless in front of Chen Ran.

6 to 1, 6 to 2!

Throughout the match, Chen Ran completely suppressed Sri Chapan and won the match almost effortlessly.

This Heineken Championship should be the easiest tour championship Chen Ran has ever won.

So far, he has continued his proud record: he has won all the competitions he participated in in China.

……

(End of this chapter)