Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 471 Where the dream begins
PS: All readers are absolutely right. I just wanted to keep things simple. The protagonist’s behavior is indeed a bad example. I will make a patch later. As for the business aspect, I will write less in the future.

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Sometimes there will always be people to disgust you.

For example, some experts will sternly accuse: "Chen Ran, it's good that you want to repay society after making so much money, but you can't just limit yourself to China."

"We must have the spirit of internationalism and love to help those poor and backward countries, especially those in Africa."

The so-called shameless people are invincible.

These experts also seem to know that public anger will pour out on them after they release their rhetoric.

But they didn't care at all, they just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to become famous and make themselves famous, even if it was just notoriety.

In the opinion of these experts, Chen Ran, the person involved, should not respond, and they do not care about confronting those netizens.

After all, under normal circumstances, these big stars would be eager to stay away from those experts to avoid making a fuss.

This time, however, the experts clearly miscalculated.

Chen Ran held a press conference before leaving for Australia. A reporter mentioned this matter, but he did not choose to avoid it.

"It seems that these experts in our country all have lofty ideas and noble characters. I must be right, right?" He said this, and the people below all smiled knowingly.

They vaguely felt that Chen Ran seemed to be reorganizing again.

"Their suggestions are very good." Chen Ran shrugged and smiled naturally, "But I think experts can't ask others what to do, while they just keep talking."

"I think otherwise."

"Experts should also take action and personally go to Africa to help those in need."

"I can cover the return trip, but you guys will have to stay there for a year and a half."

Everyone laughed "haha".

"What about salaries? Are you still responsible for the salaries of those experts?"

"What? They still want wages?" Chen Ran opened his eyes in shock, "We are all doing charity, how can we talk about making money? These experts don't have to pay for their own travel expenses, but I do. "

"Haha, well said!"

"I agree!"

"Me too!"

Not only the reporters at the scene, but also the netizens who listened to Chen Ran's speech also gave firm support to his suggestions.

Obviously, everyone is tired of these experts' unbridled rhetoric.

Then, Chen Ran talked to the reporters at the scene about his outlook for the Australian season and some of his preparations.

As for the topic of "Warcraft" operated by his own company, Chen Ran was unwilling to talk more. He just said calmly: "I am representing this game just to realize my dream and to bring a better gaming experience to our Chinese players."

"I still say the same thing. In sports-related situations, I try not to talk about games, so as not to make people think that I am advertising."

"Sports are sports, and games are games."

After he finished speaking, the people below also laughed. This guy was too careful and paid too much attention to his image.

Of course, some familiar sports reporters asked Chen Ran if he could give them some advice on investing and making money since he had such a good vision.

After all, China's economic situation is now prosperous, so everyone is optimistic. "I'm just lucky. Maybe I won't be so lucky next time. So I won't take the initiative to provide advice. If it causes you to lose money, it will be bad."

Chen Ran kept his tone very tight and did not reveal any rumors.

Yao Ming? He took the initiative to find me!
After finishing this press conference, he was ready to leave for Australia to compete.

Australia, that was when his dream began.

At this moment, it is still the coldest month of winter in China, but Australia, located in the southern hemisphere, is now in the hot summer.

Two years ago, a seventeen-year-old boy set foot on this land full of dreams, and finally shocked the world with his impressive record in the semi-finals.

A year ago, the 18-year-old boy finally won the coveted Australian Open championship and also sent New Year blessings to his motherland on the occasion of the Spring Festival.

At this moment, the nineteen-year-old Chen Ran once again set foot on this land.

This time, he came to defend his title.

"Why do I always feel that there are more and more Chinese here in Australia?"

The agent beside Chen Ran murmured, his eyes sparkling, as if he expected to become one of them, "Chen Ran, believe me... the number of people will continue to increase every year in the future."

Do you need to say this?
After Chen Ran heard this, he looked thoughtfully at his fitness coach, the Russian Sergey, who shrugged and said with a smile: "Rich people in our country also like to run here. Chen, I will follow You should be able to buy a house in Melbourne in a few years.”

"Uh... this shouldn't be a big problem." Chen Ran smiled lightly and joked, "Coming from cold Moscow to sunny and warm Melbourne, it's like two different worlds."

Sergei laughed at himself: "I think most people, except us Russians, don't like living in Moscow."

Although there are many Chinese people living in Moscow, they mainly do business and have never thought of staying here for a long time.

Looking at the lively crowd surging around him, Chen Ran's mood suddenly became brighter.

When the annual Australian Open event kicked off again, fans and media from all over the world once again gathered at Melbourne Park.

He couldn't help but stretch: Melbourne, I'm back again!
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At the opening ceremony of this year's Australian Open, Chen Ran, the defending champion, held the championship trophy, walked slowly to the center of Rod Laver Arena under the spotlight, and handed the trophy back to the organizing committee on site.

The whole audience cheered and applauded for a long time, and at the same time, flashlights were flashing in the densely packed audience.

Then, the camera lens responsible for the broadcast gave a close-up picture of the championship trophy.

A new round of decisive battle is about to begin, and 128 players will compete for this trophy.

Chen Ran smiled and waved to the stands and left the scene.

As the defending champion, he instead enjoyed the first game day off.

Chen Ran was consciously looking for something in the corridor.

I see!
In a corner of the wall, he saw his name and the five-star red flag next to his name.

In the history of the Australian Open, all men's and women's singles champions, their names and the national flag of their motherland will be recorded here.

In 2004, the men’s singles champion Chen Ran was from China.

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(End of this chapter)