Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 466: The tangled King Fei and the internal beta of "Warcraft"

"hey-hey!"

"Federer lost to Safin in the quarter-finals and only scored 4 points!"

"During the European indoor season, he only signed up for one Paris Masters event."

After hearing this, Chen Ran also looked a little dazed.

Can this also keep the world number one?

You must know that as the defending champion, if you miss the Paris Masters, 1000 points will be directly deducted.

He thought he would never be able to keep his No. 1 spot in the world.

Unexpectedly, because Federer stopped in the quarterfinals, his points were far less than the same period last year, and he lost points like Chen Ran.

It's just that Chen Ran's deduction points were much more than Federer's.

But even so, Chen Ran still relied on a weak advantage of more than 20 points to retain the world's first place.

This means that he can continue to stay at the top of the world before the end of the year.

At this moment, the Swiss King is being ridiculed by the outside world.

"Chen Ran was absent from the two Grand Slams you won."

"Chen Ran was indeed injured at the French Open, but he chose to withdraw from the US Open because it was sandwiched between the Olympics and the China Open."

"Chen Ran did not participate in the Paris Masters this time. You failed to seize such a God-given opportunity!"

Since Chen Ran also has many fans in Switzerland, many people in Switzerland also ridiculed Federer.

Of course, as the number two figure in men's professional tennis today, Federer is also arrogant.

If he just wanted to score points, he could sign up for some other 500 or 250 indoor tournaments. It would not be difficult to surpass Chen Ran in points.

But Federer didn't do that and felt there was no need to lower his posture.

He hopes to overtake Chen Ran in points with a Masters championship.

However, the results were not as expected.

"Damn, what the hell am I going to do?"

At this moment, Federer, who was flying from Paris to Houston, looked at the sea of ​​clouds outside the window and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

With Chen Ran withdrawing from the year-end, it is actually a certainty that Federer will become the number one at the end of this year.

As long as he participates in this year's end of the year, even if he loses all three games in the group stage, he will still have a guaranteed point of 200 points, and the point gap between Federer and Chen Ran is only 20 points.

However, this feeling is really uncomfortable.

The last time he won the world's No. 1 title, the outside world said that it was Chen Ran who gave it to him; this time, the outside world may say it is even worse, that it was Chen Ran who gave it to him.

People no longer seem to care about the false reputation of being number one in the world.

But even so, Chen Ran has been ranked No. 72 in the world for weeks, which is the same as Hewitt. He is also the second active player, second only to Agassi.

And the number of weeks he was number one in the world was only a pitiful three weeks.

"I have no choice but to defeat everyone with an absolute advantage and win this year's year-end championship, although many people will complain about it."

The King of Switzerland clenched his fists, picked up the Swiss newspaper and continued reading.

But the next moment, his face became very ugly, and he cursed secretly: Wawrinka, that stinky boy.

It turns out that a Swiss newspaper published an interview with Wawrinkadi.

This kid had no consciousness of being a Swiss, and said firmly: "There is no doubt that Chen Ran is definitely the number one person in today's professional tennis world. World ranking? That thing is meaningless at all."

"If I also win the Golden Slam, would I still care about this false reputation?" "I even suspect that after Chen Ran wins a few more Grand Slams, he will feel that there is no challenge in professional tennis, and then he will be like Michael. Jordan retired like that and switched to another track.”

"Um...but I don't think I've ever heard that Chen Ran is particularly good at any sports besides tennis."

"By the way, it seems that he is planning to make a movie about tennis. If he is willing to invite me, I will definitely agree."

"What? You asked me why I formed a doubles partner with Chen Ran? I partnered with the best player in the world, do I need a reason?"

In short, Wawrinka, the second Swiss brother, did not give the eldest brother Federer any face and blew rainbow farts at Chen Ran.

Federer was very helpless when he saw this.

He felt that he was completely suppressed by Chen Ran, and even his younger brother rebelled.

Federer once again set foot on the soil of Houston with a somewhat gloomy mood.

……

At the same time as the year-end finals began, the "Golden Slam Co., Ltd." run by Chen Ran also started the internal beta test of "World of Warcraft."

At this time, the European and American servers have started public beta testing, and the feedback has been very good.

This also makes the places for internal testing in China very popular, with demand almost exceeding supply.

It is normal for game updates in this era not to be synchronized, such as approval, game translation and various other factors. However, with the efforts of Chen Ran, the public beta time of China is only one month slower than that of the US server, and this time Many places have also been opened for internal testing.

The 100,000 quotas have already been snatched up by players.

Some people even predict that this game will be more popular than "Legend".

However, Chen Ran behaved very appropriately. As a well-known athlete, in addition to appearing in the company building during the closed beta period to encourage employees, during the rest of the time he appeared in public, he could not comment on the problems of this agent game. Avoid as much as possible and appear very cautious.

It also won critical acclaim.

In fact, during this period in 2004, there was no need to be so careful.

Because even C5 Sports is openly broadcasting various video games, there is no criticism from the outside world about Chen Ran's company acting as an agent for online games.

If it were more than ten years later, those keyboard warriors would never miss the opportunity to troll people like this.

A reporter also asked Chen Ran: "When do you plan to be the agent for the next game?"

Chen Ran said very righteously: "I have not considered being an agent for other online games. I just want to bring this classic game to our Chinese players. All our current focus is on this game, and the purpose is to give our Chinese players the best possible experience." Good gaming experience.”

"I promise that within the next three years, my company will never represent any other games."

That's right to say...

If your company only has this one game, it will be in the hands of Blizzard.

As expected, he is a young man and has no real estate.

After hearing this, these people could only shake their heads secretly.

However, for the majority of Chinese players, they are very satisfied with Chen Ran's sincerity.

Today's Chinese game companies are just trying to make a quick buck and don't care about the interests of players. There are too many unscrupulous ones.

In this way, Chen Ran's statement was like a breath of fresh air, which seemed particularly special.

"Okay, based on your attitude, we will definitely support you!"

"In future tennis matches in China, we players will form a group to buy tickets to support you!"

As the end of the year progresses, the closed beta of "Warcraft" has become more and more popular.

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(End of this chapter)