Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 537 Chen Ran's University Major

When the Jinling National Games came to an end, Chen Ran fulfilled his promise and won a men's tennis singles gold medal for the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau.

At this point, he was basically cleared of all ties with the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau.

The next National Games will have nothing to do with Chen Ran.

Whether or not he would have gone to Europe for the indoor season, it was no longer possible.

Of course, Liu Xiang will definitely continue to represent the Magic City and pursue the record of winning three consecutive National Games championships.

In the remaining days, Chen Ran first followed the main force back to Hangzhou to attend the celebration meeting, etc., and then went to Zhejiang University with some athletes from Zhejiang Province.

Normally speaking, he is now a freshman.

But because I was too busy with the competition, I haven't reported since school started.

Of course, Chen Ran is not an isolated case. Some athletes from Zhejiang Province have also been slow to report because they have to participate in the National Games.

Zhejiang Province has actually always been a strong province in swimming, and has produced many Asian or world-class swimmers, both male and female.

Sun Yang, the future swimming champion, also comes from the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team.

So this time, among the athletes who went to Zhejiang University with Chen Ran to report, except for him who was a tennis player and was quite conspicuous, the rest were swimmers.

For example, the famous "Chinese Frog Queen" Luo Xuejuan, and the famous athlete Wu Peng who won three gold medals in the Busan Asian Games at the age of 15.

In short, everyone applied to Zhejiang University.

But Chen Ran found something interesting: most athletes would choose business administration as their major in college.

It seems to be a very high-end major and is always associated with successful entrepreneurs.

After all, entrepreneurs of this era are still very noble and respected, and are far from being condemned and denounced as capitalists by netizens in later generations.

Especially now that MBAs (Master of Business Administration) are very popular, many entrepreneurs are willing to spend a lot of money to continue their studies, believing that this can take their companies to the next level.

Of course, the main reason for this is that many wealthy bosses have too low educational qualifications and they need to gild themselves.

It was not until several years later that Yu Minhong said: It is useless for entrepreneurs to get an MBA, as many of them end up running smaller and smaller businesses after completing their MBA.

In Yu Minhong's view, this is actually just cutting the leeks of the bosses. Of course, they have plenty of money, so they just cut some.

However, those who are involved are often confused, and people living in this era are unaware of this.

In addition to the precedent of Li Ning, many athletes chose business administration without hesitation.

I imagine that after I retire in the future, I can start a company and become a successful entrepreneur.

These guys even talked about it with a solemn promise: "Undergraduate business administration is definitely not our final destination. We must study for an MBA in the future."

"..." Chen Ran said nothing, even though he knew that the tuition fees would most likely be wasted.

He respects other people's choices and will never say unnecessary nonsense.

However, he did not care what majors his teammates from Zhejiang Province chose, but his teammates from Zhejiang Province were very concerned about the major chosen by this tennis superstar.

"what?"

"Chen Ran, you chose journalism?"

“Why don’t you choose Business Administration!”

"I thought we would be classmates!"

The teammates from across the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Team were all shocked and expressed their incomprehension.

After all, as such a successful and wealthy athlete, you didn't choose business administration. What's more, you have several companies under your control, so you should study for an MBA in the future.

So they were very shocked and expressed their incomprehension.

“Why did you choose journalism?”

"Do you still want to be a reporter after you retire?"

At present, there are some athletes who will guest-star as reporters after retiring, but that is only occasional and it is unlikely to be the norm.

Especially for a successful athlete, who would want to be a reporter? It's too embarrassing.

"What? Who said I'm going to be a reporter?" Chen Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this.

You may not know how important it is to control public opinion in the future Internet era, especially after the advent of mobile Internet and the explosion of self-media.

Chen Ran is preparing for a rainy day and learning from NBA's executive vice president how to control these media.

To put it another way, if I want to start a company, do I need to study business administration? Of course not!

Especially the company that represents "World of Warcraft", he won't be able to run it personally for long.

Can I renew my contract with Blizzard by applying for an MBA and learning some business management skills? Don’t even think about it!
The major that is suitable for Chen Ran at the moment is journalism!
Don’t think that Zhang Xuefeng, a famous internet celebrity in his previous life, advised students not to apply for journalism. That was for children from ordinary families. This path is indeed not easy to take.

But Chen Ran himself is the capital, so he can naturally try to control public opinion.

In fact, Yao Ming had a very good relationship with the media in his previous life. As to whether he controlled the media, it is unknown.

Look at how bad the Chinese men's basketball team was at that time. Apart from some fans and self-media scolding Yao Ming, various media were busy whitewashing him, saying how difficult it was for Yao Ming to be the chairman of the Basketball Association.

Just imagine if the person in that position was replaced by Yao Ming's predecessor, Mr. Xin, and if the men's basketball team failed to enter the Olympics for consecutive years, how would it be scolded by the media? Just imagine how terrible it would be.

"I personally have no interest in business administration, I just want to learn about journalism."

Chen Ran said very calmly, "You can also use this major to get to know more senior news media and journalists in the industry."

In fact, the teacher in charge at Zhejiang University was also a little surprised. Among so many outstanding athletes in the province, only Chen Ran chose journalism in a unique way.

“At least you should be thankful that if I were studying journalism, I would never fabricate fake news just for traffic.”

"We will not deliberately create rhythm or lead groups into confrontation, etc."

Chen Ran muttered silently.

He knew that someone would come to discredit him in the future, possibly from within China or from abroad.

Therefore, we must control public opinion, maintain good relations with the media, and seize the initiative.

Chen Ran quickly filled out the professional form with several other athletes from Zhejiang Province.

Although they do not have to go to school and earn credits like other ordinary college students.

However, you must come to school a minimum number of times within a school year, otherwise it will affect whether you can graduate successfully in the future.

As for the graduation thesis, you are explicitly required to complete it independently.

But how you do it in the end depends entirely on your own performance.

What? You mean CNKI query?

It's just an undergraduate thesis, and it's for an athlete, so it won't be too strict.

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(End of this chapter)