Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 591 Target: 2 million US dollars!
Did Ms. Cai see this? Learn from her. As a public figure, you should be more open-minded and stop sending lawyers' letters all the time.

So does everyone else.

Chen Ran has obviously set a good example for those guys in the entertainment industry who always send lawyers' letters.

But he doesn’t know whether his emoticon package will be more popular in a few years, or Yao Ming’s hilarious emoticon package.

Because the protagonists of this emoticon package are two people.

Wawrinka also remained calm about the popularity of his emoticons.

"Chen Ran said he would give up collecting copyright fees? I don't know how to ask for that. Then let's be generous and bring happiness to netizens around the world for free."

Damn, these two guys are pretty thick-skinned, no wonder they can form a doubles partner.

Still want to collect copyright fees? That's wishful thinking.

Who will pay you?

Wawrinka obviously didn't care what the reporter was thinking, and continued to talk: "I get a headache when I think about the year-end finals. Chen Ran is playing at home, and he didn't participate in the European Indoor Season, so he started preparing in advance."

"It's like we're fighting to the death in Paris, but that guy is waiting for us in Shanghai. This is too much."

"It looks like the year-end championship will be his again this time."

Under what circumstances would Chen Ran consider the European Indoor Season?

In his words, if his world ranking falls out of first place before the start of the European Indoor season, he will consider it on a case-by-case basis.

If I fall out of the top three, I will definitely participate.

Why is it set like this?
Because even if you just fall out of first place, you still have a chance to regain the first place after performing well in the year-end finals.

So what if you fall out of the top three?
Since you are no longer among the top three players in the world, there is no need to act like a big shot. Just participate in the competition honestly.

But now Chen Ran is number one in the world, and he is leading by a huge margin in points.

I am missing the Paris Masters, and I have every right to do so.

What is the prize money for the Paris Masters?

As long as you participate in the three group matches of the year-end finals and win one of them, the prize money will be basically the same as that of the champion of the Paris Masters.

Chen Ran is clear about what is more important.

This is Chen Ran's fourth tour season, and his total prize money has exceeded the $4 million mark before taxes.

It's only been 4 seasons.

Then, the media suddenly discovered something when they were counting the statistics.

Chen Ran’s total prize money is already the highest in history!
Sampras, who ranked second, had only more than 4300 million US dollars and had already been left far behind by Chen Ran.

“Is this the first place?”

Chen Ran was also a little dazed.

It has only been four years since Sampras retired, and this astonishing amount of prize money was easily surpassed by Chen Ran.

"Peter, do you regret retiring so early?"

The American media expressed such sentiment.

After all, in recent years, the prize money for tennis tournaments has been rising at an astonishing rate.

Not only are the North American and European markets growing steadily, but the Asian market, led by China, is showing an explosive growth trend.

This is mainly due to the continuous influx of large amounts of funds from the Middle East and China.

One year end, ten Grand Slams, sixteen Masters Tournaments.

This is considered Chen Ran’s heavyweight championship, and he currently has a total of 27.

In addition, there are several tour champions.

Rising prize money and a large number of champions.

It's not surprising that Chen Ran's total prize money easily surpassed Sampras.

"It's only been a few years, and the prize money for tennis matches at all levels has almost doubled. Of course, this is a good thing for the players. In high-level events, there will be fewer and fewer people fixing matches." "Let's take a look at other sports, such as snooker, which is also a gentleman's sport..."

Snooker, like tennis, is a tournament played on an individual basis. Due to the pitifully low prize money, nine out of ten players enjoy betting on games.

It even got to an even more exaggerated point, with the betting companies getting so angry that they were ready to cancel all snooker handicaps, because the players themselves were taking part in the games to fleece the betting companies, how could they have fun like this?
Then, the World Snooker Association begged the bookmakers not to cancel the handicap, and they promised to severely punish those players who bet on strike balls to protect the interests of the bookmakers.

It's absolutely ridiculous.

It can only be said that the emergence of Ding Junhui has saved the sport of snooker to some extent, and has attracted a large amount of capital into China.

Those players from the British Isles usually don't dare to ask for appearance fees in local competitions, but when they come to China to compete, one after another ask for appearance fees, which is completely nonsense.

This event is barely surviving, yet these people are still so greedy.

The US media continued to analyze: Federer, who ranked second, also broke through 2000 million US dollars, not including appearance fees. According to this trend, it is only a matter of time before he surpasses Sampras.

5000 million US dollars is already within reach, so how far can million US dollars be?
Theoretically, Chen Ran only needs to win this year's year-end finals to exceed 5000 million US dollars in career total prize money.

No more, no less, the champion prize for this year's Shanghai year-end finals is exactly 300 million US dollars.

……

"I hope that my prize money can exceed $2 million during my career. This is not about money, but I am aiming for this number."

After learning that his prize money had ranked first in history, Chen Ran set a new goal.

Total career prize money exceeds $2 million!
Chen Ran knew that Djokovic’s total prize money in his previous life had exceeded 1 million US dollars.

In addition, the other two members of the Big Three also exceeded 1 million US dollars.

As for the fourth player, Murray, he only earned more than 6 million US dollars, but it was still far more than Sampras.

"$2 billion!"

"Chen Ran has already made a big promise!"

"This is the tone of the world's number one person, so arrogant!"

"Let's do the math. If Chen Ran wants to get $2 million, how many more Grand Slams, year-end championships, and Masters titles does he have to win?"

"Oh, that's not right. It's not easy to calculate because the prize money for tennis matches increases significantly every year."

If this trend continues, perhaps before 2010, Chen Ran will be able to easily break through the 1 million US dollar mark, and the goal of 2 million US dollars does not seem impossible.

At this time, the other seven contestants participating in the year-end party have arrived in Shanghai one after another.

It’s just that those guys looked a little tired after dragging their suitcases and traveling a long distance, while Chen Ran looked energetic and full of vigor.

At the same time, the WTA year-end finals awards ceremony was held in Madrid, Spain.

Ivanovic, who was selected for the year-end list for the first time, went to Madrid with excitement and nervousness.

This time, as her boyfriend, Chen Ran could no longer stand by her side and give her orders.

At the recent WTA1000 tournament in Tokyo, Ivanovic just won the runner-up.

In the semi-finals, she beat Safin's sister Safina so hard that her racket broke.

The fans suddenly remembered that in past games, Chen Ran often forced Safin to smash his racket.

This also means that this couple actually forced the Safin brothers and sisters to smash their rackets one after another, which has become a legend in the tennis world.

Chen Ran did not go to Xiao Ri Zi to play in the competition, but he still took advantage of the European Indoor Season to secretly go to Xiao Ri Zi and spend some time with his girlfriend, the so-called combination of work and rest.

"Honey, I feel uneasy without you around. I'm used to having you by my side." Ivanovich said with some concern.

Chen Ran was helpless and could only comfort her: "Ana, don't think too much. Whether I'm there to direct you or not, you are a top-notch player in the WTA."

"I hope so." Ivanovich nodded.

But when Chen Ran saw the girl's anxious look, he had this feeling: No way, could it be that the tennis star in her previous life really can't play tennis without me?
Damn charm!

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(End of this chapter)