Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 707 Golden Age
"Boss, should we invest in that talented skiing girl in advance? In China, many brands have already bet on her. After all, this is the first time that the Olympics will be held in China since 2008."

The assistant asked Chen Ran, "The Winter Olympics are also the Olympics, although their influence is far less than that of the Summer Olympics."

"Forget it, there's no need." Chen Ran decisively rejected the proposal. "There's no need for me to wade into this muddy water when nationality and identity are unclear. Besides, we don't need to join in the fun."

He paused and thought of an explanation: "The popularity of the Winter Olympics is not sustainable. This is the biggest difference between it and the Summer Olympics."

In Chen Ran's opinion, with the current crazy hype of official media and the Internet on the eve of the Winter Olympics, they really want to make this woman surnamed Gu a groundbreaking new superstar in Chinese sports.

Countless brands have placed their bets, and all kinds of manuscripts are ready, waiting for the end of the competition to be released all at once to carpet bomb people across the country.

Why are they so confident?
Chen Ran knew this very well.

Because these ice and snow events are not fiercely competitive, to be exact, very few people play them. Moreover, due to their low commercial value, most foreign athletes can only get sponsorships on their own. If they make money from this, most of them will starve to death.

And that naturalized skiing girl is indeed very talented in this area, and with the massive amount of resources allocated to her, it is almost certain that she will win the championship.

This is also the reason why many Chinese brands dare to bet heavily on this relationship.

Most Chinese people do not understand the attention and competitiveness of these events, and just think that being an Olympic champion is amazing.

Her mixed-race background, her image as a top student and a genius girl, as well as her upbringing in the United States are additional advantages for her. A mere Winter Olympics skiing champion would not have such a huge reputation.

There is also another background in the previous life. At this point in time, there was a huge vacuum of superstars in the Chinese sports world, which allowed the naturalized players from such a "wild" project to take advantage of the opportunity and achieve great success under brainwashing marketing.

The right time, the right place and the right people are obviously indispensable.

But the current situation is a little different.

First of all, Chen Ran, a goat-level figure in tennis history, has not retired, and because his agency signed Sun Yang in the early years, he has not been banned.

In addition, the tradition of Chinese women's tennis has not been cut off.

Although Wang Qiang has never won a Grand Slam title, she has two runner-up titles, a year-end championship, and three 3 tournament titles. Her world ranking has long been in the top ten. Coupled with her good looks, her popularity is actually not much different from that of the retired Li Na.

In addition, although diving is a relatively unpopular sport, Quan Hongchan's experience and the story of a noble daughter born from a poor family can generally impress most Chinese people. In addition, she is also a talented girl, and has now become a top star in China.

There is also Ma Long, who defended his Olympic men's singles title last year and became the first player in history to achieve a double Grand Slam in table tennis.

However, Chen Ran did not sign the female table tennis player nicknamed "Sasha". This girl has talent, but her fans are too crazy, which gives him a headache.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, Chen Ran had no choice but to stay away.

"Boss, your private jet is ready. The Chinese tennis team will go to Melbourne together tomorrow morning!" the assistant continued.

"Okay, I understand." Chen Ran nodded.

At this moment, he already owns a private jet.

Originally, Chen Ran didn't want to be so high-profile.

But the other three of the Big Four have all purchased private jets for the convenience of travel.

So how could Chen Ran, the number one, fall behind others?

At the strong request of the fans, Chen Ran also spent hundreds of millions of RMB to purchase a high-quality private jet.

Of course, Chen Ran also has a principle, which is that he would never buy a helicopter.

This thing is too dangerous. For example, the NBA superstar couldn't escape this disaster two years ago.

Moreover, there are news reports every year about many wealthy people who have helicopter accidents and eventually died.

"Don't buy a helicopter, don't ride a helicopter!" This has become Chen Ran's motto. The next morning, under the leadership of Chen Ran, the entire Chinese tennis team took his private plane to Melbourne, Australia.

Although tennis is an individual sport, Chen Ran waved his hand and asked all the players to take his private plane to Melbourne to participate in the Australian Open, deliberately intending to steal the limelight from the Winter Olympics.

Before the opening of the Winter Olympics, let the online attention and focus be on this year's Australian Open.

Let the majority of netizens endure an overwhelming media bombardment before the Winter Olympics.

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"The most powerful Chinese tennis team has ever landed at the Australian Open."

CCTV News described it this way: "Over the past 20 years, tennis has flourished in China. Today, we can proudly say that China has become a true tennis powerhouse!"

Being a tennis powerhouse is not determined by how many Grand Slam titles you have, but by the depth of your talent.

Today's China has already reached this standard.

The female representative is Wang Qiang, who is ranked fifth in the world.

Wang Qiang, who is already 30 years old, is ready to launch an attack on her first Grand Slam title.

30 is the peak age for an athlete, and Wang Qiang also believes that she can win a Grand Slam title at this age like her predecessor, Na Jie.

Zhang Shuai, 33 years old, is still in good shape. She has three Grand Slam doubles titles and reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam. She is also the number two figure in Chinese women's tennis.

In addition, China's little flowers have also grown up.

The representatives among them are Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xinyu, who are 19 and 20 years old respectively.

One of these two girls is seeded 31st and the other is seeded 32nd.

In addition, there are Mesozoic players Yuan Yue and Wang Yafan. These two are considered late bloomers. One is 24 years old and the other is 28 years old. Now they are ranked in the top 80 in the world and can stably participate in the main competitions of the four Grand Slams.

So far, China's women's tennis team has 6 athletes participating in the Australian Open at the same time, which is the most in history, and four of them have obtained seeded seats.

In addition, the number of male athletes participating in the main competition also set a historical record.

In addition to Chen Ran, Zhang Zhizhen, Wu Yibing and Bu Yunchaokete all won places in the main competition.

Zhang Zhizhen is 26 years old, Wu Yibing is 23 years old, and the Mongolian athlete Buyun Chaoket, who has been trained by the Zhejiang team since childhood, is only 20 years old.

What also surprised Chen Ran was that there was a young man named Zhang Jun, who, together with another talented teenager Shang Juncheng, were known as the twin stars of China's young generation. Both of them were among the top five in the world in the youth rankings.

In Chen Ran's memory, there is no such person as Zhang Jun. It can only be said that his butterfly effect led this young man to embark on the path of a professional tennis player.

Zhang Jun and Shang Juncheng are both under 17 years old, but they have already shown extraordinary potential and talent in youth competitions.

As a result, both of them received wild cards for the Australian Open qualifying tournament.

Although it is extremely difficult for them to win three qualifying games in a row to enter the main event.

But getting such a rare opportunity at such an age is also a valuable asset for these two young people.

The two ignorant teenagers, along with a group of older brothers and sisters, boarded Chen Ran's private plane and headed to Melbourne together.

The golden age of Chinese tennis has begun!

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(End of this chapter)