Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 601: The Founding Nobles of the Penguin Empire (4K)

During Chen Ran's winter training period, the ones who were most troubled were Director Sun of the China Tennis Sports Management Center and her superior, Director Cai.

After all, Chen Ran’s conditions were indeed a bit harsh.

It’s not that they haven’t thought about taking it slow and discussing it again at a future meeting.

From their perspective, it actually makes some sense.

First of all, although the men's tennis singles gold medal is not as stable as the "table tennis" table tennis team, which has "double insurance", Chen Ran is still the biggest favorite to win with his strong performance.

As for the women, there is also the possibility of competing for medals in singles.

Therefore, even if Chen Ran came as a temporary guest coach, he might not be able to improve the original results much.

The WTA is full of stars. Whether it is Zheng Jie or Li Na, the possibility of them even reaching the finals, let alone winning the championship, is slim.

Therefore, this is why the relevant leaders are still hesitating whether to make an exception for Chen Ran.

However, the sudden intervention of the Serbian friend caught the leaders off guard.

"Chen Ran can definitely come and coach our Serbian female players during the Yanjing Olympics."

"Not only is there your girlfriend here, but there are also other female players who are both beautiful and skilled."

"Well... Anyway, our female tennis players will definitely be prettier than Chinese female tennis players. I hope Chen Ran can seriously consider it."

Then the media hyped it up and it spread quickly on the Internet, with netizens flocking to watch the fun.

Even the leaders in the government have never experienced such a scene.

What if they don't make an exception for Chen Ran and he really coaches the Serbian women's team part-time?

The scene of Ivanovic's reversal of Li Na at last year's US Open under Chen Ran's on-site guidance is still vivid in our minds.

At this point, the leaders can no longer play Tai Chi, they must make a decision as soon as possible.

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"My dear, you have to believe me, what our national tennis association officials said has nothing to do with me. I have not talked to any of them about this topic."

At this moment, Ivanovic, who returned empty-handed at the WTA year-end finals, was explaining to Chen Ran.

Due to her poor competitive form, she only got seventh place in the year-end finals. Fortunately, Zheng Jie gave her the last place.

"Of course I know this has nothing to do with you." Chen Ran smiled, but said meaningfully, "I suspect this might be a bad idea from Djokovic."

"Him?" Ivanovich frowned.

In my impression, that guy does have a side that likes to play pranks and even tricks.

But in this somewhat serious matter, Djokovic probably wouldn't do that.

Besides, this guy might not pay attention to this matter. It was just that Chen Ran deliberately put the blame on him.

As the saying goes, if you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext for it!

Chen Ran just likes to frame Djokovic.

"If I meet him, I will definitely ask him." Ivanovich said with a pout. It was obvious that the girl believed what Chen Ran said.

Chen Ran smiled and said, "That guy will definitely not admit it, and I am just guessing, I have no evidence. So you don't have to do this. I will teach him a lesson in the future competitions."

"Novak's progress in recent years is indeed amazing. You can't be careless." Ivanovic said with a frown.

This girl completely considered the issue from Chen Ran's perspective and directly ignored her national team teammates.

"I know..." Chen Ran nodded, "Especially at the Australian Open, that guy is not easy to deal with."

After all, that guy was known as the King of the Australian Open in his previous life, and he dominated this Grand Slam tournament during his peak period.

Except for the semi-final in his later years when he lost to Sinner, he was sure to win the championship in all other competitions as long as he made it to the semi-final.

Of course, this record has been broken by Chen Ran.

Ivanovich added: "I hope you can train with me during this winter training so that I can get rid of the bad state at the end of the year as soon as possible."

"This year...it's snowing in most parts of China and the temperature is relatively low, so we can only go to Sanya." Chen Ran thought for a moment and replied.

Although there is still no sign of a tennis base in Sanya, many tennis courts have been built in this tourist destination.

It also qualifies as a venue for winter training.

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As time passed quietly to 2007, Chen Ran finally remembered his other identity - the boss of the Golden Slam Company.

He really is like a hands-off boss, taking care of almost nothing and only coming to the company occasionally.

In fact, Chen Ran’s only concern was the company’s financial situation and the expenditure and flow of every large sum of money.

As long as this money can be generated as revenue continuously, it proves that the company is thriving.

In short, whether it is "World of Warcraft", "QQ Stealing Vegetables", or "QQ Blue Moon", the revenue of the three games is in a steady growth state.

Of course, this is also thanks to the drainage function of QQ Space.

The cooperation between Chen Ran and Xiao Ma Ge can be described as a win-win situation.

But the problem is, he originally wanted to sell Golden Slam to Penguin at this time next year, and then he would take a vice president position at Penguin, get some equity, and enjoy a life of ease from then on.

However, the facts were beyond Chen Ran's expectations.

I can only say that programmers of this era are so damn capable.

For the sake of bonuses and performance, each and every one of them is possessed by the king of paper. Working overtime is no problem and they put all their enthusiasm into their work.

This also led to the company's performance rising steadily.

Even the first game "Zhu Xian", which was independently developed under the guidance of Penguin Entertainment, was completed earlier than expected.

It seems that what those experts in later generations who like to make big statements say is not entirely without reason.

Experts in later generations once said: High housing prices can motivate and stimulate young people to work harder.

This is actually half right.

When housing prices are high within a certain range, or when the increase in housing prices is within an acceptable range, it is indeed easy for young people to work harder.

But if housing prices rise too much, young people may just give up.

Although housing prices have been rising rapidly in this era, they are still within the affordable range for young people.

Especially these programmers, they always think that if they grit their teeth and persevere, they will be able to afford a house.

So everyone's work enthusiasm is particularly high.

I swear to God, Chen Ran really did not force them.

It can even be said that Chen Ran is a little embarrassed now. He feels that if he insists on selling the company, he will be letting down these brothers.

"Let's wait and see." Chen Ran muttered to himself, "I'll find a suitable opportunity in the future, and it doesn't have to be before next year's Olympics."

He looked at the latest financial report for the fourth quarter of 2006 and sighed in his heart: It is really different to choose the right big brother to follow, there is a world of difference.

Since the company embraced Penguin and accepted it as its younger brother, it has to be said that Penguin, as the big brother, is quite caring towards its younger brother. The crazy traffic of QQ or QQ space has also increased the income of Jinmanguan Company.

At the same time, Chen Ran's wealth grew rapidly like a snowball.

This is also the reason why he only wants to set up a public welfare tennis school.

Make money? I have plenty of ways to make money.

This also made the company's management lament that the boss had such a sharp vision.

To be honest, Penguin’s reputation in the industry is very bad nowadays, and it is almost a target of criticism.

After all, the shameless Penguin relies on its powerful weapon QQ to copy anything it can.

Take the way of others and leave others nowhere to go.

At that time, Chen Ran took the initiative to recognize Penguin as his younger brother, but in fact many members of the company's management had objections.

They feel that with the huge revenue brought by World of Warcraft, they should expand the company's strength in time and then have a big battle with Penguin.

It is not even impossible to enter the instant messaging market.

It can be said that in today's Chinese Internet, any Internet company with a little bit of strength wants to have a big fight with Tencent, defeat this "plagiarism dog" and vent their anger.

There are also many Internet companies that are not powerful enough. Even if they cannot become enemies with Penguin, they have never thought of joining the other side.

Who would have thought that Chen Ran would surrender before the battle and directly acknowledge himself as the other party's younger brother.

As it turns out, Penguin Company is very caring towards its first younger brother.

After all, he also wanted to set an example to the outside world that if they worked hard for him, they would have good food and good drinks.

Even if many companies continue to want to be Penguin's younger brothers in the future, Jinmanguan's status as the number one younger brother is irreplaceable.

The status is absolutely transcendent.

Because they became the other party's younger brother with a lot of high-quality resources when Penguin Company had not yet taken off. This kind of huge contribution is completely unique.

If the penguins of the future are viewed as a huge empire, then just like those who surrendered to the founding emperors in history, the earlier you surrender, the higher your status will be.

The higher the status, the greater the title will be awarded based on merit and the more benefits will be obtained.

For a company like Jin Man Guan, it is not excessive to be conferred the title of Duke who lives and dies together with the country.

If you surrender too late, when the Penguin Empire has already taken shape, then you may only be given a mere third-class light cavalry captain like the traitor Hong Chengchou.

The treatment is totally different.

"The number one little brother of the Penguin Empire..."

When Chen Ran thought of this result, he felt that the company's performance would continue to soar in the future.

Especially if there is still a lot of cheating information in your head, then it is highly likely that you will become a unicorn in the future.

I can only say that this big brother made the right decision. He can get twice the result with half the effort and is extremely efficient.

At this time, Chen Ran thought about it, took out his mobile phone, and called Xiao Ma Ge again.

But the other party didn't answer the phone, maybe he was in a meeting.

After Chen Ran hung up the phone, he was bored and surfed the web on the company computer for a while.

More than an hour later, Xiao Ma Ge called back.

Sure enough, he was just presiding over a meeting.

Although Penguin's performance began to take off, Pony Ma became increasingly busy.

Sometimes, he envied Chen Ran's free and easy life.

This little brother is living a really comfortable life.

Of course, the other party had made great contributions and was not greedy for power. He did not look like he was overshadowing his boss, which left a very good impression on Xiao Ma Ge.

At first, Xiao Ma Ge just thought that Chen Ran wanted to learn from Li Ning and that he had the same ambition as Li Ning.

After all, in terms of conditions, Chen Ran's starting point was much better than Li Ning's.

But it turns out that Chen Ran and Li Ning are completely two different types of people.

The other party is not the kind of guy who likes to monopolize power and make decisions arbitrarily.

There was no intention of seizing power, which made Ma Ge feel relieved.

"Brother Chen Ran, congratulations on another perfect season. Is there anything you want to talk to me about?" asked Brother Xiao Ma.

Chen Ran replied with a smile: "Boss Ma, the company's performance is good, thanks to QQ's traffic. I'm here to thank you, Boss Ma."

"There's no need to be so formal between us. We are all one." Brother Xiao Ma said very generously.

You make money and I get dividends too, isn't that perfect?

What's more, Penguin only has this little brother now, so it is reasonable and moral for us to lend a helping hand and let everyone see how benevolent our company is.

"Unfortunately, there aren't many businesses that can make money other than gaming."

Chen Ran sighed, "For online music players, we still have to keep burning money."

In addition to games, Qianqian Jingting was also brought by Chen Ran to join Penguin Music.

"It doesn't matter. These initial investments are necessary. Although it costs money, our market share is constantly increasing."

Xiao Ma Ge's mind moved, and he immediately asked, "Do you have any new ideas?"

"Mr. Ma... I'm going to say something you don't want to hear." Chen Ran continued, "I think PaiPai.com is too bad. It's too far behind Taobao. E-commerce is so important nowadays, shouldn't we pay more attention to this area?"

"E-commerce is not easy. I admit that Taobao has become big." Pony Ma said honestly.

This is not the era of smartphones, so the Pinduoduo model will definitely not work.

Chen Ran said: "You can find another younger brother for Penguin, focusing on e-commerce."

"Who? Do you have anyone suitable?" Xiao Ma asked immediately.

He also thought this was a good idea. If he asked his younger brothers to do it, he could let them do many things while he would be responsible for managing the overall situation.

The cooperation between Penguin and Golden Slam Company has brought Pony Ma a lot of benefits.

"I think JD.com is good, you can give it a try." Chen Ran said without thinking.

In short, I just want to offer a suggestion. How you deal with Dongzi is your business.

Anyway, Dongzi today is not as glorious as he will be in the future, so it shouldn't cost too much to recruit this younger brother.

Then Dongzi is the second brother of Penguin, and also his own younger brother.

"Then I'll study it." Xiao Ma Ge nodded.

He also knew Dongzi, but didn't know him very well. But since Chen Ran mentioned it, Xiao Ma decided to learn more about him.

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(End of this chapter)