Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 711 The Benefits of Controlling the Media

36-year-old Chen Ran and 36-year-old Nadal met again in the Grand Slam final.

Along the way, these two old guys each defeated many good players born in the 90s and 00s.

The difference is that one faced little challenge in defeating it, while the other encountered many setbacks along the way.

Standing at both ends of the court, Chen Ran looked at this extremely familiar opponent, feeling a little dazed.

Before we knew it, the competition between the two has been going on for almost 20 years.

What a journey it has been.

To be honest, this Spaniard does like to take drugs, but taking drugs does have limited impact on the improvement of tennis players.

Whether it is willpower, technology, or strong psychological qualities, these things cannot be achieved through drugs.

Nadal has already reached the top in these aspects.

As for this guy taking drugs, it’s mainly because of his playing style and he has too many injuries.

Most of these drugs are used to maintain competitive state.

Chen Ran looked at Nadal, who looked as old as a man in his 40s, and a thought flashed through his mind: This guy will not retire earlier than in his previous life.

And Chen Ran was the instigator of all this.

Time and again, he forced the Spaniards to overdraw their bodies in order to continue to compete with him.

This is irreversible!

This final may be the one in which Chen Ran and Nadal encountered the least resistance in so many Grand Slams, Masters Tournaments or year-end finals.

Nadal had almost exhausted all his energy and physical strength in the first six rounds of the game.

Especially in the last game, he almost risked half his life in order to reverse the situation against President Mei.

In the previous life, this “comeback from 2-3 down to -” match took place in the Australian Open final, and this time it happened in the semifinals.

In the final, Nadal had no power to resist Chen Ran anymore.

Chen Ran easily won the 9th Australian Open championship in his career, bringing his number of Grand Slam championships to 34.

35 Grand Slams doesn't seem to be a problem, and 40 Grand Slams doesn't seem impossible.

"At this stage, he should really achieve a grand slam in strategy, and he can choose to give up some games."

"But a player of his level cares a lot about the H2H record and is not willing to lose to his opponent easily."

If Chen Ran really downgraded and competed frequently in Masters-level events, he would lose to many of his own male servants.

Is he willing to accept this?

Therefore, how to selectively participate in the competition is something Chen Ran needs to consider.

Of course, with Chen Ran’s current status and wealth, he doesn’t care much about ATP’s year-end dividends.

Therefore, he would only selectively participate in those Masters tournaments, playing a few times a year, and at the same time gave up the year-end dividends.

The world is only focusing on whether Chen Ran can achieve 40 Grand Slams, but he himself doesn't really care about this record.

In fact, he had a bold idea in his mind.

Who will be the men's singles champion at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
By that time he had already been reborn and had no idea who would eventually win the championship.

Chen Ran now has three Olympic singles gold medals.

People may think that he has no more ambition for the Olympics, but that is not the case.

Chen Ran thought that the Olympics next year would be held at Roland Garros. This would be the first time the competition would be held on a clay court since the Barcelona Olympics.

Besides, how can Barcelona's clay court compare with Roland Garros?

For Chen Ran, his blood boils at the thought of Roland Garros Stadium.

For some reason, he was already looking forward to the Paris Olympics two years later.

“That year, I should have been 38 years old.”

"I don't know what the tennis world will be like by then. How much will Akar and Sinner grow up to, and what will be the state of Nadal, or will he have retired."

If we analyze the current situation, the 36-year-old Nadal is still the strongest player on the clay court. But Chen Ran also knows that even though players of this age are still in their peak form, if they decline, it will be like an avalanche.

After all, in this highly competitive men's tennis world, those who can enter the top 100 are all geniuses, and the gap between the two sides is not as big as the ranking seems.

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More than two months later, Chen Ran won the Miami Masters, bringing his number of Masters titles to 45.

Subsequently, he announced his withdrawal from the clay court season and returned directly to Australia to recuperate.

After all, there is still an isolation policy in China today.

During this period, the Winter Olympics was also held in China, and the mixed-race skiing girl did become an instant hit, just like in her previous life.

But what is strange is that all Penguin media received a unified instruction from the top to minimize publicity about this woman.

Chen Ran is well aware that the more enthusiastic your publicity is now, the more embarrassing it will be in the future.

Ever since that girl became famous, she has been too self-righteous in her words and deeds. She doesn't care about domestic public opinion at all and has never considered that all her value comes from the Chinese market.

This girl in particular has a kind of arrogance from a God's perspective. She talks about female power all the time and says that she wants to inspire young girls in China.

In the history of our China, there have been so many outstanding female athletes. Is it your turn to inspire them?
who do you think You Are?

Without this nationality, you are of little value.

Put away that arrogance.

Especially this woman who likes boxing very much and talks about "women's rights" all the time, trying to eat into the domestic female market.

It's too ugly to eat.

Also, how many people participate in your movement?
You have access to resources that others cannot get.

Today's Chinese sports are different from the past. There is no dilemma of a superstar vacuum.

She was getting a little anxious. The more she acted, the colder the Penguin Media became.

Without the involvement of Penguin Media, the extent to which this woman broke the circle would be greatly reduced.

No matter what the team behind her does, the Penguin media remains unmoved and seems to have very little enthusiasm for this Winter Olympics gold medal.

They simply ignored Gu Nu and instead began to vigorously promote the two twin stars of Chinese women's tennis, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xinyu, and said that the two of them would definitely become the mainstay of Chinese women's tennis in a very short time.

At this moment, both Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai are over 30 years old.

Chinese women's tennis really needs a new generation to step up.

After all, it is impossible for the two of them to become evergreen like Chen Ran.

Then, Gu's fans and the team behind her became dissatisfied.

This group of people started to lead the trend online and bombarded Penguin Media.

Instead of promoting the Olympic champion, they promoted two unknown newcomers. This is despicable.

why?
Isn’t it because both of them signed with Chen Ran’s agency that Penguin media strongly promotes these two women?

Use their press releases to suppress all publicity about Gu Nu.

Chen Ran said that Penguin Media would not promote this woman.

As for the State Sports Administration, it is impossible for it to offend Chen Ran for such a matter.

The Penguin Media's self-righteous and unconcealed actions made the other party so angry that they gritted their teeth!

Even Penguin products received instructions not to use this woman as their spokesperson.

What’s even more exaggerated is that there was no publicity when this woman won the championship. However, after she said “I am an American in the United States and a Chinese in China”, the Penguin media began to publicize it extensively.

Various push notifications were immediately sent to netizens.

If you control the media, you can do whatever you want.

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(End of this chapter)