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Chapter 501 An open letter to Wimbledon

Chen Ran actually had another idea in his mind.

There is really no need to set up an independent research and development team. He has never thought of spending huge sums of money to develop large-scale games.

But it’s not impossible to try those simple web games, which don’t require an outstanding production team at all.

For example, the popular "food stealing" game "Happy Farm" launched by Kaixin.com in the future is a good choice.

Making such a game is not difficult or costly at all, it can be done by just a few programmers.

So the most critical question is that Tencent will probably launch "QQ Farm" along the trajectory of its previous life, and then directly harvest the fruits of the harvest.

What's even more helpless is that you have absolutely nothing to do with the other party.

Chen Ran thought of this, so he planned to establish a close partnership with Penguin first, and then launch "QQ Farm".

When the time comes, Xiao Ma will not shamelessly plagiarize anymore for the sake of his allies, right? Otherwise, who would ask him to cooperate in the future?

At that time, Chen Ran can also do a favor and sell "Happy Farm" to Brother Ma at a suitable price.

Anyway, the vitality of this type of game is not long-lasting, and it only lasts a few years, so it is obviously wise to cash out at a high level.

In the future, China Internet will be divided into Alibaba and Tencent systems, and there will be an additional Byte system in the next few years.

The Alibaba system was too bad, and the Byte system came to the stage too late, so Chen Ran could only choose the Tencent system.

If he wants to become the richest athlete on the planet and increase his voice in front of the ATP, then fighting alone will definitely not work. Joining the Tencent team is the best and only option.

It was too hard to start his own business, not to mention his focus was on tennis.

If you can take a ride, why not?

Therefore, Chen Ran also gave an ambiguous reply to the company's two shareholders, IMG and Nike, saying that he would recruit some programmers and develop a new game next year.

Of course, he didn’t explicitly say that this so-called new game was just a simple web game like “Stealing Food”.

But by then, Chen Ran felt that he could still be confident.

"Web games" can be considered a type of online games, so he doesn't count as breaking his promise.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran also thought of a possibility.

Can the "stealing food" web game in this plan also use its popularity to be promoted internationally, especially among the ATP and WTA?

The unique magical nature of this "stealing food" web game, presumably most of the professional players in the ATP and WTA will also be addicted to it.

While Chen Ran was quietly planning the future of his company in the Magic City of China, Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam of the year, also kicked off.

Due to the absence of Chen Ran and Nadal, Federer won this year's Queen's Cup as he wished.

But it was not easy for him to win the final.

Federer's compatriot Wawrinka was in great form, defeating all the best players, reaching the final, and staged a "Swiss Derby" drama.

Wawrinka did not give face to the big brother and won the first set.

However, due to the gap in strength, Federer was chased by Federer for two consecutive sets and achieved a great reversal.

The brutality of this final was no less than that of a Grand Slam match.

More attentive media found that Wawrinka and Federer shook hands very perfunctorily after the game.

Federer on the side wanted to show the demeanor of a big brother and tried to comfort Wawrinka, but Wawrinka had a completely impatient expression on his face.

After the Queen's Cup, the stars gathered at Wimbledon.

Then, something unexpected happened.

Led by Chen Ran, Wawrinka, Roddick, Safin and others, they jointly sent an open letter to the British government. All players participating in the Wimbledon Championships are required to enjoy the same treatment in the UK as the Champions League teams.

Tax policy is determined by the British government, and the Wimbledon organizing committee has no say whatsoever.

Therefore, these four famous tennis players directly bypassed the Wimbledon organizing committee and put pressure on the British government.

Immediately, this open letter caused quite a stir.

Chen Ran, you kid, you haven't even come to London yet, why are you still giving us a hard time?
The British government also started scolding.

They even suspected that Chen Ran deliberately did not come to London to participate in the Wimbledon Championships to avoid taxes.

Anyway, this guy already has a Wimbledon title in his honors list.

Even Chen Ran seems not interested in the "King of Grass" and has never signed up to participate in any grass court tournaments.

But this approach made the London organizing committee even more uncomfortable.

Chen Ran has already won Wimbledon, proving his outstanding ability on grass courts.

This means that even if someone wins more Wimbledon titles than Chen Ran in the future, others will say that it is because of Chen Ran's absence. You, the new king of grass, do not live up to your reputation.

This guy is telling the whole world nakedly that he clearly has the ability but chooses not to participate in Wimbledon, not because he is afraid, but simply because he does not want to participate.

From the British government's perspective, they were also somewhat surprised by this sudden open letter.

They are all accustomed to harvesting the wealth of athletes from various countries around the world, except football.

Because Britain is afraid that if it does this, it will be directly banned by UEFA, and Britain cannot live without the Champions League.

"This is ridiculous!"

After being interviewed, Safin said this: "The other three Grand Slam tournaments have never had such a policy, not to mention Wimbledon is the most profitable Grand Slam among the four."

"Last year, I only reached the second round of Wimbledon. Let me tell you, the tax I paid plus food and travel expenses was more than the prize money given to me by the tournament."

Safin's popularity has always been at the forefront of men's professional tennis, so he has a lot of global endorsements and has to pay a heavy tax.

If someone like Wawrinka has fewer endorsements and pays less tax to the UK, then he can still make some profits as long as he doesn't stop in the first round.

However, for someone like Chen Ran who has many endorsements, he may have to wait until the third or even fourth round to ensure profitability.

So, these top players have banded together.

Although Federer did not join in the fun, he also expressed some intriguing attitudes.

"They have that right."

"Everyone wants to make more money."

"I can't comment on that."

Obviously, he also knew that this group of people was coming fiercely and it was difficult for him to openly oppose them.

"Don't you guys want to boycott Wimbledon?"

London once again showed their arrogance, "We can't give in. This is true for all athletes from around the world who come to the UK. Football has special characteristics and it must not be lumped together."

What a joke, this is just free money.

Why give up such a good opportunity to harvest the wealth of athletes from all over the world?

Just like in the Age of Discovery, they harvested wealth from all over the world.

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(End of this chapter)