Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 706: Butler Mr. Mei and the Business Map
Shortly after Federer's retirement ceremony, Chen Ran defeated Djokovic in the year-end finals held in London and won the year-end finals championship for the ninth time.

It can be regarded as revenge for the defeat in the Olympics.

The ESPN commentator said something that made everyone feel helpless but very true: Even if Federer retires and one of the Big Four is missing, it seems that the three old guys are still there, and the young people still don't have much chance.

But to be honest, the players born in the 90s are no longer young.

By next year, players born in 1992 will be 30 years old.

The number of Grand Slams won by players born after 90 is still zero, and the year-end finals champion is only one, Russia's Medvedev. Other outstanding players born after 90 can only quench their thirst with some Masters titles.

Is there any generation more pitiful than them?
In the original time and space, Bulgaria's Dimitrov had one year-end championship, Greece's Tsitsipas had one year-end championship, and Germany's Zverev had two year-end championships.

The three of them and Medvedev are known as the four kings of post-90s players.

At present, Medvedev's performance is the most outstanding. This guy, who has the same name as the Russian Prime Minister and whose nickname is "President Medvedev", is now the glorious "Five-time Runner-up".

He reached five Grand Slam finals but failed to win each one.

In five finals, Nadal blocked it once, Djokovic blocked it once, and Chen Ran blocked this guy three times!

You know, Chen Ran only participated in the Australian Open in 2020 and then took a break. The Wimbledon Open was also cancelled that year, otherwise it would have happened more than three times.

At the US Open not long ago, Mei finally held on and won three sets in a row in the semi-finals, defeating Djokovic and reaching the US Open final again.

This is the fifth time that Mei has reached the Grand Slam final.

If he follows the trajectory of his previous life, President Mei will finally win the US Open in 2021 after all the hard work.

Unfortunately, he met his master—Chen Ran.

As a result, this guy was swept 3-0 by Chen Ran and had to pick up the plate again in bitterness.

The Russian boy shed tears on the court with sadness.

This is too difficult. I have reached the finals five times but never won the championship.

With this victory, Chen Ran has brought his number of Grand Slam titles to 33.

Some fans also shouted.

"Actually, I don't sympathize with him, because he is already lucky enough. Medmedev is ten years younger than Chen Ran, but he still can't beat him."

"If he had been born a few years earlier, he might not have even made it to the finals, and wouldn't have had the chance to get the year-end bonus."

"We are curious about how many more years Chen Ran can hold on."

"He has so many honors and an incredible business empire, but he is still in such good shape."

"Even the business legend created by Michael Jordan is still dwarfed by Chen Ran's."

"A tennis genius and a business wizard!"

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According to Forbes magazine, Chen Ran's wealth has accumulated to nearly tens of billions of Chinese yuan, enough to enter the top 50 of the Chinese wealth list.

This is because Chen Ran has rarely participated in the expansion of Penguin's new business in recent years, which has slowed down the accumulation of his wealth.

Since 10 years ago, Chen Ran teamed up with a corporate company to launch the WeChat APP with a "tennis ball" shape as its icon style, and it was a huge success.

He has basically faded out of the front-line decision-making level of Penguin Company. Although he is the vice president, he rarely participates in the operation of Penguin Company. He focuses on his tennis career and the operation of a newly established sports agency.

How much money can you make by running a sports agency? Compared with the previous Internet industry, it is really a drop in the bucket.

But Chen Ran was running the business with great interest and enjoyed it. During this period, the athletes signed by Chen Ran became shining stars in the Chinese sports world.

One of the most successful investments was the signing of a 14-year-old Guangdong girl named Quan Hongchan before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics.

Generally speaking, the Chinese Diving Team does not allow its athletes to sign contracts with individual agencies, but this time, because of Chen Ran's face and the generous conditions he offered, they made an exception and agreed.

After all, Chen Ran’s current status in Chinese sports is very special.

Then, Quan Hongchan became an instant hit at the Tokyo Olympics and was instantly promoted to a top-level athlete in China, and Chen Ran's amazing investment was also talked about by countless media.

The athletes that Chen Ran favored all succeeded, while the athletes that Michael Jordan favored all failed. This is the gap!
Chen Ran’s judgment of people is so accurate, even more accurate than Wang Duoyu in the movie “The Richest Tomato”!

In addition, the outside world also lamented that Chen Ran’s business sense was too terrible.

Know when to enter and when to exit.

Jin Man Guan Company once occupied the largest market share of online novels and online music, and purchased the exclusive online copyrights of many TV series and movies. However, after the advent of the mobile Internet era, countless big capitals poured into this market, preparing for a fierce battle.

However, Chen Ran transferred the operating rights of these products to Penguin Company and became a completely hands-off boss.

As the saying goes, when gods fight, little devils suffer.

In the era when BAT swept the Internet, too many Internet companies either went bankrupt or were acquired.

Chen Ran and Jin Man Guan Company did not participate in this brutal money-burning war and suffered no losses. After Penguin obtained the operating rights and personally participated in the game, it was able to easily maintain the first position in the market share of these products with its huge size and powerful operating channels.

There are rumors that the reason why Chen Ran has been living in seclusion behind the scenes in recent years is because his achievements surpass his boss.

He was already second only to the emperor, and after launching WeChat, he reached a position where "no one could be blocked anymore."

So Xiao Ma Ge deliberately kept him out of the spotlight and kept him behind the scenes to prevent him from threatening his position.

After all, Chen Ran has far more fans than Xiao Ma Ge, and the number is so huge that it is not only spread across China, but also all over the world.

So these fans began to make up these rumors and spread them widely.

Xiao Ma Ge scoffed at such rumors and even imitated a certain "Ji Ni Tai Mei" by sending a lawyer's letter of warning.

"We were brothers who fought side by side and witnessed the growth of Penguin together. How could I doubt him and suppress him?" Xiao Ma Ge said firmly.

In fact, after WeChat became a huge success, Pony Ma felt a little nervous.

After all, this software did help Penguin survive and even made it the super overlord in the mobile Internet era.

What's more, Chen Ran is a representative figure of China's external relations and has a huge influence. His reputation is much better than mine.

However, Xiao Ma Ge was just thinking about it at the time. After all, the two of them had been cooperating for ten years, all the way from the time when Penguin was the weakest.

But what surprised Xiao Ma Ge was that after the great success of "WeChat", Chen Ran voluntarily retreated behind the scenes and focused on running his newly established sports agency. This made Xiao Ma Ge breathe a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart was finally put down.

He also tried his best to promote Chen Ran's sports agency.

Any athlete who signs with Chen Ran Sports Agency will always have priority in endorsing Penguin products.

That’s the advantage!
This also made Yao Ming, another superstar in Chinese sports, very envious.

He also has a sports agency, but even as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, he can only sign some bad players in the CBA. The difference between his athlete resources and Chen Ran's is huge.

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(End of this chapter)