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Chapter 539: Year-end dinner, Chen Ran shocked the world! (4K)

"It seems like it's been a long time since you did any writing work, right?"

Chen Ran quickly agreed to Sina's invitation to open a blog.

After all, I was an author on Qidian.com in my previous life, so I am quite interested in writing blogs and have a strong urge to try it.

What's more, the Internet in this era is relatively free and open. As long as it is not an overly sensitive topic, you can write whatever you want. It is not like the strict censorship mechanism in the previous life, which almost drives you crazy.

If you drive a little bit, your chapter will be blocked immediately.

You tell me, what's the point of this?

However, Chen Ran felt that there were some things that needed to be discussed before opening his blog.

He is not short of money. No matter how much royalties Sina gives him, it will not affect his life.

But not being short of money is one thing, and sincerity is one thing.

Since Sina wants me to open a blog and write a diary, I must show them the sincerity they deserve.

"A thousand words worth ten thousand yuan!"

"Ten yuan per word!"

This is Chen Ran’s asking price.

If you write a blog diary yourself, usually about 1000 words, you can earn about 1 yuan for one article.

This money is indeed a drop in the bucket, even insignificant.

Maybe he just received the royalties and donated it right after.

But Sina must pay this money as a sign of respect for Chen Ran.

For Chen Ran, he only writes one blog diary a week. If he is in a good mood, he may occasionally write two a week, which does not cost much in royalties.

He conveyed his thoughts to Sina through his agent.

Soon, Sina also responded, agreeing to Chen Ran’s request.

As long as Chen Ran is willing to join the blog and really write the diary himself, they can pay him royalties according to the standard of "1,000 yuan per 1,000 words".

This standard almost completely surpasses all the great authors on Qidian.

Chen Ran was very satisfied after hearing this and muttered to himself.

In fact, he felt a little regretful. If he had known that the other party would agree so readily, he would have raised the price a bit. Twenty thousand yuan per thousand words would not be an impossible amount.

This has nothing to do with money, it’s all about the sense of accomplishment.

As for what I want to write about in my blog in the future? It doesn’t have to be about tennis or sports. You can be completely open to your imagination and don’t have to limit yourself to one thing.

After all, I was an author on Qidian.com in my previous life, so it’s impossible for me to have a writer’s block or not be able to think of what subject to write.

The social media era is finally here.

This time, I want to be the leader!
Soon, Chen Ran reached an agreement with Sina.

In fact, Penguin and NetEase have also opened blogs and are interested in inviting Chen Ran.

In particular, there is cooperation between Penguin and Chen Ran.

But Chen Ran had a bird's eye view after all, so he still chose Sina.

The blogs of those two companies are run in a terrible mess.

Since he was going to cooperate, he would naturally choose to cooperate with the strongest in the industry.

However, as the ATP year-end finals are about to begin, Chen Ran decided to post his first blog diary after this event.

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It's been three years!
Three years ago, the event was called the "Year-End Masters Cup".

At that time, Chen Ran was still a naive boy who had just entered the first year of high school.

I came here cautiously with a vision for the world of professional tennis.

Chen Ran still remembers himself at that time, looking at the eight huge posters in the square outside the stadium, feeling fascinated and vowing that he would be here in three years.

Ma'am!
Three years have passed in a flash, and the "Year-End Masters Cup" has returned to the Magic City after being renamed the "Year-End Finals."

Chen Ran also fulfilled the promise he made three years ago. His poster appeared here, and he replaced Agassi from last time and took the irreplaceable C position.

This time, Chen Ran’s goal is not just to get on the stage of the year-end finals like he did three years ago.

He wants to win the championship!

He wants to win the first year-end finals championship in his career in China.

"Chen Ran is here!"

"Hurry up!"

When Chen Ran appeared at the Qi-Zhong Tennis Center, thousands of fans who had been waiting for a long time screamed enthusiastically.

Although the eight players who appeared today are all world-class tennis stars, Chen Ran is undoubtedly the focus among them and the target of everyone's attention.

He will be the focus of everyone's attention at this press conference.

At the press conference three years ago, Agassi was surrounded by reporters, while the other players, even Federer, were deserted.

This scene happened again today, and the situation was even more obvious.

As soon as Chen Ran sat down, a group of reporters rushed over like a hungry tiger seeing fresh and delicious meat, and surrounded him tightly.

Fortunately, several security personnel were dispatched to the scene and were able to barely maintain order.

Wawrinka at the next table joked: "My goodness, this posture is even scarier than a rock star."

This year, the 20-year-old Wawrinka reached the year-end finals for the first time, which is also a new high in his career.

Not only he was happy, but also a clothing company from China,
After all, Wawrinka, who loves to wear floral pants, is the image ambassador of a floral pants brand under this company.

However, what made the clothing company unhappy was that even though they were willing to pay to become a sponsor of the year-end finals, they were still firmly rejected by the organizing committee of Shanghai.

In their words, how can such a high-end event use such a low-end brand? We don't lack high-end sponsors.

They can't control the fact that Wawrinka likes to wear floral pants, but they can still refuse your floral pants brand from becoming a sponsor.

Some West China reporters saw that the crowd was so densely packed that they couldn't squeeze in at all.

These people had no choice but to point their cameras at Chen Ran's doubles partner, Wawrinka and his flowery pants, and snap them non-stop.

At least this is something to talk about.

On the other side, Chen Ran has begun to answer reporters' questions one after another.

"Chen Ran, who do you think is the biggest opponent in this year-end finals?"

"All seven of them. This is the year-end finals, the equivalent of the Huashan Contest in professional tennis."

Foreign journalists may not understand this, but Chinese journalists basically understand it as soon as they hear it.

"How is your contract renewal with Nike going? Is the contract amount higher than Federer and Uniqlo?"

The questioner this time was a reporter from Xiaorizi, who used very poor English. Chen Ran seemed to not hear the strange English clearly, so he asked the other party to say it again.

The reporter of the daily life blushed and repeated it word by word.

Federer's expression also looked strange.

In fact, he also knew that he had let down Nike's trust all the way. After all, the cooperation between the two parties started when he was in his teens.

But the problem is that life offers so much that I can’t refuse it.

What's more, his priority in Nike has never been as high as Chen Ran's, so he had to switch to Uniqlo.

If we don't count the Masters, we only count the four Grand Slams and the year-end finals.

This is the first time that Federer has worn Uniqlo clothes to attend a top tennis tournament since his job change.

"We negotiated in a very friendly atmosphere," Chen Ran said calmly. "Everything went smoothly. My next contract will still be with Nike. As for the specific amount, I can't disclose it."

Although the amount is a trade secret, the media can still get the information by asking around.

However, it is generally impossible for the athletes themselves to say this amount.

Nike's contract extension has basically been finalized.

As Chen Ran requested in advance, US$2300 million + US$300 million in performance.

He needs to be ranked among the top 3 in the world at the end of the year and win at least one Grand Slam title to get the bonus.

It is difficult, but as long as Chen Ran stays healthy, he can probably complete it.

In addition, Chen Ran’s dedicated line products can also earn up to 3% profit sharing.

In this way, Chen Ran became the first person in global sports with this contract extension.

Whether it is Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in basketball, Ronaldo and Beckham in football, or Tagore Woods in golf, they are all inferior to Chen Ran in terms of annual endorsement fees.

"By the way, according to a report from Sina, you will be joining Sina Blog and writing articles there yourself?"

"Yes, I have had very friendly negotiations with Sina about this, and have agreed to open a Sina blog with my personal identity. I hope to interact with the majority of netizens through this. I think a new era, the era of social media, has arrived."

Chen Ran talked very calmly.

In fact, his more important purpose is to try to see if he can control some public opinions, and blogging is his first attempt to prepare for entering Weibo in the future.

So Chen Ran also tried to establish an image of himself as a social expert and surfing enthusiast to the public.

In fact, Sina Blog has been launched for two months, and among all the major bloggers, the most popular blogger is Xu Jinglei.

Being both a popular author and an entertainment star is another kind of double-edged sword.

So everyone began to wonder, does Chen Ran also have this literary talent?

This is a blog, not a microblog with just a few sentences in a few years. If you want to make a success of your blog, you still need literary talent.

In everyone’s impression, athletes are big and strong and speak carelessly, so they don’t have any literary talent at all.

Compared with other athletes, Chen Ran is more talkative.

If the diary you write in your blog is just a boring account, even your fans will slowly lose their enthusiasm.

People will continue to follow your games, but they probably won't be interested in leaving comments on your blog.

Chen Ran looked at the other person's face, and obviously knew what he was thinking, so he smiled slightly: "Although my learning experience is only up to the third year of junior high school, I have been reading books all the time. I can't say that my writing is gorgeous, but it is definitely up to standard."

“My Chinese is definitely at a college level.”

Then, he silently added in his heart: Reading novels on Qidian.com can also be considered reading a book.

"I have confidence in myself and believe that my article will attract the attention of many netizens."

He seemed very confident, which kept everyone's expectations high.

The subsequent questions were all irrelevant, but Chen Ran was still very cooperative and willing to answer them.

Of course, the organizing committee in Shanghai also informed us in advance.

Don't ask any questions related to gossip or scandals, otherwise the security will ask you to leave immediately.

So in today's questions, everyone tacitly did not mention Alix, Sharapova, and Ivanovic.

But everyone wants to ask: When are you going to have any relationship with a mainland actress?

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According to the agreement between ATP and Shanghai, all participating players will attend the dinner together that evening.

Of course, whether to drink is entirely up to the players' own wishes, and no one will force the players to drink.

The ATP year-end finals has a tradition. Whenever it is held in a country, the ATP will let the participating players wear local costumes out of respect for the cultural traditions of that country.

Of course, the WTA is no exception.

When the WTA finals were held in the Middle East, the female players were very conscious of wearing headscarves to participate in the competition.

"You all have to wear traditional Chinese costumes, do you understand?" ATP Chairman Gordon said in a very serious and earnest tone.

The Chinese market is so important. It represents the future of tennis, so they cannot help but pay attention to it.

In addition to Chen Ran, Gordon gave advice to the other seven players participating in the year-end finals.

Especially that guy Wawrinka, Gordon reminded him again and again.

I want this kid to remember this: he must wear traditional Chinese clothing and don't wear those blinding flowery pants anymore.

If you wear these flowery pants in this kind of occasion, you will be bringing shame to our ATP.

In the year-end finals, even if you lose three games in a row in the group stage, you can at least get $50 in appearance fees.

For the sake of money, you must cooperate with us.

Wawrinka, you better pay attention to yourselves. If you bring shame to our ATP, I will show you how I will deal with you in the future.

Gordon, the chairman of ATP, did not give Chen Ran too many reminders. What he was most worried about was Wawrinka, the careless guy.

In his opinion, Chen Ran is a Chinese and should know what traditional Chinese clothing to wear.

"Traditional Chinese clothing?" Chen Ran thought.

When the year-end dinner began, eight of the world's top players attended.

Federer chose a Tang suit, exactly the same as he wore three years ago, and waved to the reporters with a smile.

Several other players, such as Nadal, also followed Federer's example and chose a Tang suit, attending the dinner with a smile.

Wawrinka and Roddick didn't want to learn from Derrick, so they each chose a jacket.

Because many Chinese crosstalk performers also like to wear a Ma褂.

But when Chen Ran, as the last guest, appeared on stage, the whole audience was shocked.

Wawrinka and Roddick looked at Chen Ran in shock, their expressions were extremely wonderful!
What is Chen Ran wearing?
This guy is actually wearing a Hanfu costume!
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(End of this chapter)