Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 520 Zheng Jie: An actress is cheating on me! (4K)

After Chen Ran returned to Yanjing, except for attending some more important celebration occasions, he declined many insignificant business activities.

Damn ATP, the schedule is so tight.

Two weeks after the US Open ended, the Chinese season began in full swing.

And because the Asian season and the European indoor season are too compact, many famous tennis players have withdrawn from the Chinese season because their bodies are too exhausted.

Even Federer withdrew from the Shenzhen Masters. In addition, Safin, Roddick and others only participated in the Shenzhen Masters and withdrew from other China Tour events, even without paying appearance fees.

After all, there is no appearance fee for the Masters itself.

Because of Chen Ran’s leadership, the current appearance fees for each tournament in the Chinese season are on an incremental basis.

To get the full amount, you have to at least reach the semifinals.

Chen Ran has done this, and it is impossible for other players to be special.

Especially a few years ago, Agassi received a million US dollars in appearance fees, only to be eliminated by the qualifying players after one game in Shanghai. It was really bad, and the Chinese were completely taken advantage of.

This lesson is also used as negative teaching material by the organizing committees of many major competitions today.

As for Chen Ran, he promised last year that he would participate in the Ningzhou 250 and Shenzhen 1000 races.

Therefore, he will not participate in this year's China Open.

I will just attend the opening ceremony as a guest and the defending champion and go through the motions.

However, except for Chen Ran, most Chinese men's tennis players who want to participate in the ATP Tour stably can basically only wait for the organizing committee to send wild cards in the local season.

Throughout the entire 2005 season so far, apart from Chen Ran, several other Chinese men's tennis players have won one game in total on the tour, with Zeng Shaoxuan completing the feat.

After Chen Ran, Chinese fans originally had high hopes for him, but this guy's performance was too unstable.

When he was in good condition, Zeng Shaoxuan could beat players of Roddick's level in clay court matches, but when he was in bad condition, he would even lose to players ranked in the top 1,000.

Uh... Actually, it's not that uncommon for a player ranked around 300 to lose to a player ranked around 1000.

Competition in tennis is indeed very brutal around the world.

So so far, although Chen Ran has almost become a table tennis player in tennis, China is not yet a true tennis power.

Especially after the French Open, Zheng Jie's state was incredibly sluggish. No matter in the subsequent Wimbledon, US Open, or Masters level competitions, she did not enter a deeper round, and her results were far different from Chen Ran's.

The Chinese season will be Zheng Jie’s first game after changing her coach, so there is no room for error.

As for her new coach, it is Carlos Rodriguez, a well-known coach from Argentina.

When Chen Ran was training with the Chinese Golden Flowers, he glanced at Li Na quietly and said to himself: Sister Na, I'm sorry.

In the original time and space, after Li Na won the French Open for the first time, her state was extremely depressed.

Not to mention that it has not been able to win the championship for a long time, even the semi-finals are out of reach. High-level events have stopped early, and the London Olympics has stopped in the first round.

After the 2012 London Olympics, Li Na changed coaches and officially hired Carlos Rodriguez as her new coach.

Only then did her career take a turn for the better.

Li Na even said this about Carlos Rodriguez: He saved my career.

Originally, Carlos Rodriguez was Henin's coach at this time, and the cooperation between the two parties would continue until 2010.

However, due to a shocking upset in the French Open final, Haining unexpectedly lost to his maid Zheng Jie and lost the championship, resulting in a gap in the cooperation between the two parties.

In the subsequent Wimbledon and US Open, Haining's performance was not as good as expected. His best result was only the semi-finals, and the cracks between the two sides became wider and wider.

Therefore, Zheng Jie took decisive action and successfully poached the corner with double salary.

As the richest female athlete in China, she certainly has no shortage of money.

Her advertising endorsement income last year ranked second among female athletes in the world, second only to Sharapova.

So things that can be solved with money are never a problem.

Of course, the reason why Zheng Jie hired Carlos Rodriguez was due to Chen Ran's suggestion.

He encouraged Zheng Jie to try to invite the other party.

Facts have proved that Chen Ran is a good judge of people. As long as the money is in place, there is no corner that cannot be dug.

This guy has been coaching women's players and has very rich experience. He is the best person to get Zheng Jie out of her slump.

Therefore, Carlos Rodriguez hit it off with Zheng Jie when "the other party gave him too much."

Although this well-known coach did not coach Li Na until after the 2012 London Olympics in the original time and space, due to Chen Ran's intervention this time, the relationship between him and Li Na may no longer be a master-disciple.

Forget it, it has happened anyway, there is no need to worry about the future.

As the well-deserved number one king in today's tennis, Chen Ran will only practice with other Chinese male and female players during the Chinese season.

Since Chen Ran never hired a head coach after Zhang Depei, he has been practicing according to his own plan.

But this time in Yanjing, Carlos Rodriguez made a temporary guest appearance as Chen Ran's coach.

Because according to the agreement, Chen Ran and Zheng Jie will form a mixed doubles team to participate in the Asian Games next year.

The mixed doubles composed of two Grand Slam winners is an unprecedented scene in the history of the Asian Games.

So Carlos Rodriguez also coaches part of their mixed doubles training.

Originally, the Sports Bureau hoped that Chen Ran would team up with Zheng Jie at the Australian Open next year and get used to it in advance.

After all, currently only the four Grand Slams and the Asian Games have mixed doubles events, not even the Olympics.

But Chen Ran said that he already had an appointment with the beautiful Serbian and Montenegrin girl Ivanovic, so he couldn't afford to miss the appointment.

So the best he can do is pair up with Zheng Jie at the US Open next year.

After all, there are too few mixed doubles games, and the US Open and Asian Games are close in time, so the effect is better.

Deputy Director Cai was also helpless. He couldn't order Chen Ran anyway, so he could only complain in his heart: First it was Sharapova, and now it's Ivanovic. You know how to team up with foreign girls, and don't consider the domestic situation. girl. What is this? Open your eyes and see the world?
"Chen and Zheng's serve is relatively weak, mainly based on technique. So you have to serve first and put pressure on the opponent."

"If the opponent is a female player receiving the serve, you'd better resolve the battle directly with the serve."

"As for Zheng, just squat in front of the net. If you can volley, that's fine. If you can't, let Chen Ran handle it from the bottom line."

Carlos Rodriguez explains in detail.

With Chen Ran's top-notch serving speed and placement control in men's tennis, if the person receiving the serve was a female player, would he be tortured and have a psychological shadow?
It feels cruel to think about it.

If it were the Asian Games, the female players from those countries might still be amateurs, and they couldn't compare with the female players in the Grand Slam tournaments. It would be a dimensionality-reducing blow, no different from an adult beating a child.

"And Zheng, your return of serve is pretty good. If you receive the other man's serve, try to stay away from the baseline. This way, the probability of being hit by the opponent's ACE will be lower. The rest...then leave it to fate."

"In short, the opposing male players are always embarrassed to use their lower hands to serve against female players. This is too embarrassing."

In tennis, the underhand serve is known as a dirty trick.

The player gently swings the racket with the drooping hand and serves a short ball to catch the opponent off guard. Zhang Depei often performed this scene in his career, but Chen Ran disdained it.

It is true that underhand serves are allowed under the rules of tennis, but if a male player does this to a female player, it would be too embarrassing, and at least he would be booed fiercely by the fans in the audience.

"Coach, I understand!" Zheng Jie nodded.

Chen Ran and Zheng Jie have very little time to train together. They only have a few days in the year. The next time they have to wait for next year's US Open.

Today is an early warm-up for next year's Asian Games.

"If you perform properly, you will definitely be the Asian Games champion!" Carlos said with confidence.

Indeed, no one would believe it if a partnership of male and female Grand Slam winners could not sweep even Asia, which is the weakest place in tennis.

Especially Chen Ran's rich arsenal, whether in front of the net or at the bottom line, has unparalleled strength in the world.

Even Carlos himself was amazed at how Chen Ran, who was not yet 20 years old, trained. He was simply a genius among geniuses.

When Chen Ran and Zheng Jie were fighting, he also downshifted appropriately to cooperate with the opponent's baseline tug-of-war.

When appropriate, the location of the battle will be moved to the net by dropping a small ball.

"I hope my condition can be restored this time at the Open." Zheng Jie said with emotion after the training.

China's media is very harsh, especially with Chen Ran's brilliance.

They have begun to describe Zheng Jie as "a slam dunk", which puts a lot of pressure on the latter.

However, the French Open championship is only more than three months away, and the championship effect is still continuing.

Similarly, many girls in China have begun to devote themselves to tennis because of the Zheng Jie effect.

"Sister Zheng, don't be stressed. The recent reviews on the Internet are not very good, but now that you have changed coaches, I believe you can achieve an ideal result at the China Open." Chen Ran saw that she was under too much pressure and couldn't help but comfort her. .

The China Tennis Open has a 500-meter event for men and a 1000-meter event for women. It was just upgraded this year.

The prize money of the China Open Women's 1000 Tournament is second only to the four Grand Slams and the WTA year-end, and is known as the most important Women's 1000 Tournament.

Therefore, there are many experts, and the participating lineup is not far behind the four Grand Slams.

"You know...there have been so many hacking messages on the Internet recently. The feedback I got from the agency is that a certain actress in the entertainment industry deliberately paid a troll to hack me." After Zheng Jie thought about it, she decided speak out.

"..." After hearing this, Chen Ran opened his eyes wide and blurted out, "What's going on?"

What the hell?

How could you be dragged into the intrigues in the entertainment industry?

"Because of the endorsement thing!"

"With international brands of cosmetics, we have become competitors."

"The merchant chose me, so the other party must have a grudge."

Zheng Jie said helplessly.

No wonder!

After all, the end of the French Open is only more than three months away from now, not three years.

Nowadays, it is indeed too exaggerated to insist that it is a "parallel import".

What's more, today's WTA is full of stars and there are so many famous tennis players, but the Grand Slam champion can only be won by four different people in a year, which is simply not enough points.

It is indeed a bit unreasonable for the title of "parallel import of a grand slam" to appear so early.

Chen Ran suddenly realized.

There are so many people in the entertainment industry who are so petty.

Fortunately, his endorsements did not conflict much with those in the entertainment industry, especially since he, a grown man, would not endorse cosmetics and would not compete with those female stars.

Today's Chinese sports are indeed in the best period in history.

Especially as the Yanjing Olympics approaches, the atmosphere of Chinese sports is getting stronger and stronger.

In the 2005 China Forbes Celebrity List, although people from the entertainment industry accounted for the majority of the top 100, the top four were all occupied by the sports industry.

The first place is Chen Ran, the second place is Yao Ming, the third place is Liu Xiang, and the fourth place is Zheng Jie.

Chen Ran's income exceeds 200 million, Yao Ming's income exceeds 100 million, while Liu Xiang and Zheng Jie's income is around 50 to 60 million.

You must know that in this era, big capital has not yet poured into the entertainment industry.

Even among A-list celebrities, there are very few who can earn more than 10 million a year.

In particular, this list also stipulates that one must be born in mainland China.

Only Jet Li can get a high salary from Hollywood, and he stands out among many artists in the entertainment industry.

Chen Ran didn't ask who the female celebrity was, but said: "So she thought you robbed her of her luxurious endorsement."

"Yes." Zheng Jie nodded, then said with a wry smile, "In addition to cosmetics, there are also other international luxury bag brand ambassadors, and they also chose me."

The top female WTA players of this era are indeed welcomed by high-end brands around the world.

This is true all over the world, let alone in the Chinese market.

China's women's tennis Grand Slam winner, placed in China's women's brand market, is undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction blow.

What's more, she is backed by a top agency like IMG, and her looks are even better than Li Na's.

Zheng Jie has repeatedly taken away some of the endorsements that originally belonged to female celebrities, and the endorsement fees are very high, so she must be jealous.

When her condition declined, they launched their navy and started going dark.

As a result, "Yi Slam Parallel Import" was used all over the Internet.

The Internet in this era still lacks control and supervision.

So it's very messy.

For example, there are all kinds of websites that are unspeakable and not suitable for children. They can be found all over the Internet.

"The other party is also an international movie star?" Chen Ran raised an eyebrow, "The so-called..."

"Probably... right." Zheng Jie nodded, "It seems that in the publicity, she is said to be an international movie star."

"..." Chen Ran had already guessed who it was, and he was almost inseparable.

This is indeed her style, and this person is extremely jealous and extremely arrogant.

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(End of this chapter)