Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 562 Chen Ran and C Ronaldo, British Public Enemy (4K)

As bright as Nadal's smile was when he won the French Open, his expression at this moment is as depressed as it is bright.

In three consecutive competitions, my opponent in the finals was Chen Ran.

But these two times, I changed from holding the trophy to serving the plates.

Chen Ran is so strong in the grass season!

Are you telling me this guy really hasn't played any grass court tournaments in two years?
This guy is secretly training on the grass without anyone knowing.

If it was Wimbledon today, the result would most likely have changed from 2-0 to 3-0.

"At the French Open, we were evenly matched and I won by a narrow margin, but on the grass court, I was absolutely dominated by my opponent."

Nadal suddenly felt that the upcoming journey to Wimbledon would become very desperate for him.

In the two tour tournaments, Chen Ran won two championships without losing a single game.

There is no doubt that Chen Ran is already the best grass court player in the world.

Nadal feels that defeating Chen Ran on a grass court seems to be an impossible task in recent years.

"This also proves from another perspective that if he misses the Wimbledon Championships, the value of the final championship will be greatly reduced, and you are not the real king of grass." Many foreign media joked in this way.

They were using this as a veiled criticism of Federer's Wimbledon title last year.

Especially from the perspective of the American sports media, Roddick's victory three years ago was even more significant because he first defeated Chen Ran and then defeated Federer.

After the first half of the grass season, although Nadal's ranking remained firmly second in the world, the gap between him and Chen Ran widened again, and the points gap reached more than 2000 points.

Chen Ran continues to stand out and is in the leading position.

A few days later, with the honor of winning two grass tour championships, Chen Ran flew to London, England.

It seems like the king is returning!
In 2006, the competition for the King of Grass Court filled people with endless expectations.

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"At least I'm less stressed!"

When Chen Ran arrived in London, he accepted an interview from Chinese media, "You know, since I won the Australian Open, it has been almost six months since I won the championship."

"Winning the championship this time, and winning two championships in a row, has relieved some of the pressure on me."

Both the Mallorca 250 and the Harley 500 are very rare grass tours.

Chen Ran won the championship and took home the appearance fee, killing two birds with one stone.

But do you really look stressed? I can't tell at all!
The CCTV reporter couldn't help but mutter.

With Chen Ran's outstanding performance in the grass season, bookmakers listed him as the player with the lowest odds in this year's Wimbledon and regarded him as the biggest favorite to win the title.

"Chen Ran, you have unlocked the championship achievements in all levels of tours on all types of golf courses. What do you think about this?" The reporter threw out the next question.

Chen Ran had already prepared the answer.

"I'm very happy. It's been a great journey both in Halle and Mallorca. I'm really enjoying the grass-court season in Europe."

Chen Ran paused, then added meaningfully: "Fortunately, the grass 500 race is not only the Queen's Cup, but also the Halle Race. Otherwise, I don't know if I can unlock this achievement in my career."

This statement is tantamount to openly mocking the Queen's Cup.

Even if there is no 500 race like the Halle in the grass tour, Chen Ran is very likely not to come to participate in this crappy Queen's Cup. He would rather not unlock this achievement.

As for the reason? Everyone knows it.

Those Brits are just trying to take advantage of these top players.

"So you really won't participate in this prestigious Queen's Cup in the future?" a British reporter also asked.

He was also very dissatisfied that this Chinese man actually looked down on the Queen's Cup that made them, the British, so proud.

You should know that the winner will have the right to shake hands with the Queen and take a photo with her.

In the eyes of these British guys, refusing to participate in the Queen's Cup is tantamount to disrespecting their queen.

Damn, you should know how noble our Queen is!

Every time "God Save the Queen" is sung, you can immerse yourself in the glorious days of the British Empire.

"No, I won't participate." Chen Ran gave a very firm answer. "For me, the Queen's Cup is a very ordinary event, and I have an obligation to play for fans in other regions. Since I will participate in Wimbledon, other tours will choose to be held in other countries."

How much is shaking hands and taking a photo with your Queen of England worth?

Nothing can compare to the appearance fee.

Don’t even mention that your Queen of England is already an old woman. Even if she was still a virgin, I wouldn’t take her seriously.

The British continued to pester: "We always feel that you don't respect our queen!"

"That's your queen, not my queen!" Chen Ran retorted, "In my mind, there is no difference between the Queen of England and the Emperor Buddha of the Qing Dynasty!"

"..." This time, it was the many Chinese reporters who were speechless.

Brother, can you please take it easy and stop talking so recklessly?

If this continues, the officials from the Sports Bureau will have to clean up your mess again.

After all, Chen Ran often said some very bold words, which made them the subject of many media reports and also indirectly enhanced his global reputation.

British journalists gnashed their teeth and even issued "protests".

Damn, Chen Ran is indeed an outlier among Chinese athletes.

Dare to think anything and say anything.

"You don't respect our Queen. I will definitely report this matter prominently when I return," the British reporter emphasized.

Focused report? It should be exaggerated.

But Chen Ran didn't care at all.

No matter how nice and flattering you say, won't you exaggerate things when you go back?

How could I not know what kind of people you British journalists are?

Since Chen Ran came to participate in this Wimbledon, he had already prepared himself mentally for a verbal fight with these British paparazzi.
After all, when I missed Wimbledon last year, I made the other party extremely unhappy.

It is said that the editor of The Sun even sent someone to Shanghai to follow and secretly photograph herself.

These British paparazzi are just as interested in me as they are in their own country's Beckham.

By the way, there is another guy, he is the famous football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo!
At this moment, the 2006 World Cup in Germany is in full swing.

The England team, which has a luxurious lineup and is highly watched, once again fell on the road to the quarterfinals.

"we are the champion!"

Before every big competition, British editors vowed that the England team would make it to the end, but their performance often surprised everyone.

Whether it is the European Cup or the World Cup, the England team basically stops early in the quarterfinals.

Of course, fans from most other countries have already gotten used to this, and even firmly believe that this is the normal strength of the England team. Only British reporters and fans are shouting: This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible.

The public enemy of Britain today is Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese is currently enduring abuses from all journalists and media in England, and of course the Scottish media is fanning the flames, watching the excitement and making trouble.

In the quarter-finals of this World Cup, England and Portugal met, and after a brutal penalty shootout, Portugal won by chance.

However, during the game, Ronaldo used a trick to get England's ace player Rooney sent off with a red card. Even after Rooney was sent off with a red card, Ronaldo winked at the Portuguese bench with great pride.

He seemed to be showing off: I'm so awesome, this idiot Rooney is so easy to deal with.

However, this scene was recorded by a British reporter, who used it to restore all the details.

At this moment, Ronaldo and Rooney are teammates of the Premier League giants Manchester United.

When Rooney learned about this, he felt like he was stabbed in the back by a friend.

He even cursed: When Ronaldo returns to the team, I will duel with him.

At this moment, Ronaldo and the Portuguese team are preparing for the semi-final against France and have no time to answer questions from the British paparazzi.

In recent days, Ronaldo has become the public enemy of Britain.

Of course, for Ronaldo, who has a rebellious personality, he will always be himself and will not care about the comments of the British media at all.

But at this moment, another guy came to share the hatred with Ronaldo, that was Chen Ran.

This guy first said, "In my opinion, there is no difference between the Queen of England and the Emperor Buddha of the Qing Dynasty", which triggered public opinion in both Britain and China.

Even the leaders of the Sports Bureau were so anxious that they were about to cry.

My God, that's the Queen of England.

You kid even made fun of this.

But Chinese netizens were delighted.

"Chen Ran is so cool, this can also be used as a metaphor."

"When will the British Lord return the cultural relics that our ancestors stole to us?"

"Let's call the Queen of England 'Lafayette' from now on!"

Therefore, on the Chinese Internet, the question of who the old Buddha was referring to suddenly had two meanings.

One refers to the one from the Qing Dynasty, and the other is the current Queen of England.

Then came the British media, who first studied what "Karl Lagerfeld" meant.

Immediately, with the translation and explanation of the local Chinese, these arrogant British people became angry.

Can this also be a metaphor?
During the time of King Buddha in your country, all nations came to visit, but during the time of Queen Elizabeth II, we were still a world power.

As a result, the British media attacked Chen Ran and even spared Ronaldo for a while.

There were even British journalists who asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lodge a protest and demand that the Wimbledon Organizing Committee ban Chen Ran.

Fortunately, the authorities ignored these two requests.

After all, Britain is not South Korea and is somewhat arrogant. For example, during the 2002 World Cup, a C5 host mocked South Korea's semi-final performance, saying that it was by no means the pride of Asian football. As a result, South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested.

Similarly, for the Wimbledon organizing committee, why did they ban Chen Ran?

Even if Chen Ran had a bad taste and did something to the Queen of England, they would not ban him.

This world number one player can help them buy a lot of tickets. Why should such a money-printing machine be banned?
At present, all tickets for Chen Ran's games, even though the ticket prices are high, are snapped up by enthusiastic London audiences.

Anyway, England has been eliminated from the World Cup, and everyone's attention has shifted to the upcoming Wimbledon Championships.

However, the most painful and speechless people at this moment are the gentlemen of the China Sports Bureau.

They were busy with the Yanjing Olympics and were scolded by their leaders.

In fact, this is the Chinese system, with each level in charge of its own level.

Although it was Chen Ran who made these remarks that "shocked friendly countries", the leaders could only reprimand the small leaders of the Sports Bureau and then let these small leaders pass the message to Chen Ran, asking him to be a little more careful about his words when he goes out.

It is definitely impossible for the senior leaders to go directly to Chen Ran.

To take a step back, even if the big leaders met Chen Ran, they could only teach him in a friendly manner not to talk nonsense outside, unlike now when he is facing these small leaders of the Sports Bureau, they will scold him as soon as they are caught.

Because there is not much overlap between the two sides.

In short, in the past few days, Director Cai and Director Sun felt a headache whenever they heard the name Chen Ran. They were scolded badly by the senior leaders.

The two of them took most of the fire.

As for Chen Ran, he was still training normally as if nothing had happened.

At his training ground, he is still surrounded by enthusiastic local fans and his popularity is unparalleled.

This group of boys and girls screamed, hoping that Chen Ran would sign for them.

As for his teasing of the Queen, in the eyes of these immature and rebellious teenagers in the UK, they were so unique and they loved them so much.

"Chen... Actually, we don't like that old woman that much either!"

"..." Some Chinese reporters present were speechless. This was obviously beyond their expectations.

In the past few days, those British reporters have been tirelessly digging up negative information about Chen Ran.

In addition to bringing up his scandals with Elliott and Sharapova again, they also dug up a past event that has made many young people around the world worship him.

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At this moment, in the Portugal team's training ground in Germany, Ronaldo is holding a newspaper.

He was also very confused.

The tennis king Chen Ran suddenly attracted the hatred of the entire British media.

"Those British paparazzi are really annoying, but it's obviously a good thing that they don't bother me," thought Ronaldo.

In the newspapers, British paparazzi were describing an incident with heart-wrenching pain.

They are comparing Federer and Chen Ran.

The Wimbledon final two years ago was a duel between Federer and Chen Ran.

Before the game, the Queen of England received the two men.

Facing the Queen of England, Federer was smiling and looked very respectful.

As for Chen Ran, he looked completely nonchalant and impatient. He was doing warm-up exercises from time to time and even had a gloomy face.

The two people's attitudes are in sharp contrast.

"This Chinese guy is quite interesting. I want to meet him someday. He is also a Nike employee, right?"

Ronaldo looked at the newspaper and couldn't help thinking.

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(End of this chapter)