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Chapter 725 Chen Qiu Dynasty fired at the French pony!
"What the hell is this opening ceremony?"

"What's going on in the French mind?"

"French pony, what on earth are you up to!"

This time, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics really disgusted Chen Ran.

He was not polite either. When he was interviewed by the media, he directly complained: Is this little pony ready to feed shit to the whole world? What kind of monsters are they?

When this statement was made, not only the Chinese media, but also the foreign media were excited.

They reported Chen Ran's ridicule of the "French Pony", and then with the labels of "tennis goat" and "world superstar", the news quickly spread around the world.

For example, on the morning of the second day after the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the outrageous and bizarre content of the opening ceremony spread all over the world, and by the evening of the same day, Chen Ran’s ruthless ridicule also spread all over the world.

The number one person who publicly complains about France is no exception: Chen Ran!
However, his actions scared the sports bureau leaders in the delegation.

"Hey, big star Chen, why are you complaining about the other party?"

"He's the most important person in France!"

"You have brought tremendous pressure to our delegation!"

"The leaders above are here to criticize us, not you."

Netizens have a different attitude: "As expected of Chen Qiu Wang, he really has personality and domineering!"

"Before he retires, King Chen can still create sensational news for us."

"Dating French goddesses and scolding the French president!"

"If Chen the King of Football retires, I can't imagine how boring the Chinese sports world will be!"

The other athletes from the Chinese delegation also looked at Chen Ran strangely, as if to say: Man, your tennis team is really different.

Almost every tennis player participating in the Paris Olympics brought his own team members. The national team coach was like a decoration, and even Director Bai was like a follower.

After all, the singles and doubles players who make it to the Olympics are all ranked high in the world. They usually participate in their own tours and cover their own team expenses.

As for the qualification of mixed doubles players, it depends on the singles ranking, and each country has only one place.

Chen Ran and Zheng Qinwen's ranking directly put them on the mixed doubles list.

But after discussing it, the two of them decided to get the competition quota first, and then give the quota to Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu respectively.

They both decided to play the insurance game.

Chen Ran is already 38 years old, so how can he have the energy to take care of mixed doubles?

The fat guy next door was shocked. How could they play like this?
You, the tennis team, should just give up such a precious Olympic spot.

You should know that the mixed doubles table tennis event in the Olympics was established in the last Tokyo Olympics, and the Chinese team lost the gold medal in that Olympics.

This time, the "Shatou" combination of the fat team is determined to win the gold medal.

It is hard to imagine how much public pressure they will face at home if they lose this mixed doubles gold medal.

But the tennis team next door is too chaotic!

First, Chen Ran mocked France's number one player, and then the two best-ranked men's and women's singles players withdrew from the mixed doubles competition.

Director Bai, as the supervisor, could only say frustratedly: I respect the athletes' decision.

The relatively independent finances give players a lot of say.

After all, in this day and age, tennis players only get some training allowances when they play for the national team, while the bulk of their subsidies go to the provincial and municipal teams, which is to represent their provinces and cities in the National Games.

Basically, there are three models of youth training in tennis in China: the traditional provincial and municipal team model, the tennis club model, and the family workshop model.

If a player performs well in the provincial team, he can directly participate in various youth competitions. If his results are acceptable, he can choose to turn professional and directly participate in ITF competitions, thus skipping the national team training step.

If you can make it through the ITF Futures Tournament, you will be able to participate in higher-level Challenger Tournaments.

Theoretically, as long as a player has the strength to participate in the Challenge Tournament, he or she can basically represent the national team in the men's team Davis Cup and the women's team Belgium Gold Cup.

That's because there are relatively abundant tennis talents in China.

Like many countries, players participating in team competitions are ranked outside the top 500 in the world, and with this ranking they can only participate in the Futures Tournament.

4 men and 4 women, these are the number of players from the Chinese tennis team participating in the singles competition, which has reached the upper limit of the number of singles participants from each country.

"There are also 64 draws, so why can each country only have 2 players in the table tennis next door?"

“Are there more countries that play table tennis than tennis?”

"No, that's because the ITTF deliberately lowered the Chinese team's gold medal insurance!"

Many netizens said indignantly that after all, in terms of the strength of table tennis, the more people participate, the more insurance there is.

"Do you think the French will embarrass our Chinese team?"

"Because Chen Ran scolded the French leader!"

"I think it should be fine. French leaders are scolded every day."

"How can it be the same? This is the Olympics, and the French have always been petty. They will definitely take revenge in this Olympics."

"Wow, what about our Sasha? What if she's been ambushed? Is this because of Chen Ran?"

Although Sasha's fans are rampant on the Internet, they are actually bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. They dare not rush towards Chen Ran, the goat of tennis and an iconic figure of Chinese sports.

Chen Ran's national character is there, and there are too many supporters all over the country. In fact, the fans of Shasha like to bully Shasha's teammates the most, without any scruples, and without considering the consequences.

In their eyes, Sasha's teammates were all her servants, destined to serve as supporting roles for the heroine.

So, a certain fan leader started to lead the rhythm on the Internet: This has nothing to do with Chen Ran, but it's all Chen Meng's fault!

Soon, other fans followed suit: Yes, yes, it’s all Chen Meng’s fault, it’s right to scold Chen Meng anyway.

Chen Meng was also confused at this moment. How could this be blamed on me?

All right, you wait! Anyway, I have been patient for three years, so I don’t care about this moment.

I'm here to defend my title, not to win the silver medal.

But she was very envious of Chen Ran. Why was there such a big difference in their treatment when they were both from the Chen family and were both Olympic champions?

When people mocked France's number one figure, domestic netizens unexpectedly fell over themselves to support him.

Also, the conditions in the Olympic Village in Paris are simply too poor.

Worse than Tokyo and Rio!

……

Indeed, the conditions in the Olympic Village of the Paris Olympics were terrible. Not only were the facilities awful and the soundproofing was poor, but there was also no air conditioning, and one had to rent one themselves.

But it is clear that Paris spent a lot of money to host this Olympics.

So where did the money go?

Chen Ran continued to make news.

When he was interviewed by reporters, he said slowly: "I have been reading some books about the history of the Ming Dynasty recently, and I learned a word called "Piao Mei". Maybe this can explain why the Paris Olympic Village is so bad!"

"Xiao Ma, are your men gone?"

"???"

Piaomei, you really know how to use words.

Because this word does sound much more elegant than "kickback" or "corruption".

"In addition, I announce that in order to better prepare for the Olympics, our tennis team will stay in the hotel this time and not in the Olympic Village, which really disturbs our rest!"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran announced another important decision.

Of course, this money came from his own pocket.

It is impossible for the Tennis Association to pay this money, and it is even more impossible for the national delegation to do so, otherwise athletes from other sports will complain, after all, they are also enduring the terrible Olympic Village.

What's more, hotels in Paris are very expensive nowadays and the country does not have the funds for this.

If Chen Ran pays for it out of his own pocket, no one will have any objection.

However, he only pays for tennis players, and the leaders and staff of the Tennis Association cannot enjoy this treatment.

Of course, they are all in the system, so even if Chen Ran invited them, they would not dare to go.

In addition, members of the tennis players' team must either share a room with the players or live in the Olympic Village on their own. Chen Ran will not bear their expenses.

Once again, Chen Ran's behavior made headlines on the domestic Internet and brought huge traffic and attention to the tennis team.

At the current Paris Olympics, the tennis team and the table tennis team have become the top teams in the Chinese delegation!

……

The next day, Chen Ran came to Roland Garros Stadium for training.

His first round opponent has been announced, and it is the Polish servant Hurkacz again.

Because there are very few seeded spots in the Olympics, even though Hurkacz is in the top 20 in the world, he drew the top seed Chen Ran in the first round.

However, Chen Ran's training ground was surrounded by a large crowd of French fans.

Originally, the Chinese Tennis Association was worried that it would be attacked by French fans because of Chen Ran’s previous remarks.

As a result, French fans held signs and banners to support Chen Ran.

"Chen, you scolded well!"

"We are also unhappy with Xiao Ma, he deserves to be scolded!"

“This opening ceremony is disgusting!”

"So much money was spent on the Olympics, and this is what came out."

"All those men of Xiao Ma's must have disappeared!"

The French actually said "漂没" in Chinese, and they also knew the meaning of this word.

Unknowingly, Chen Ran once again spread Chinese culture.

I don't know which young man took the lead, but many French fans who were watching began to chant rhythmically: "Piaomei! Piaomei! Piaomei!"

This is very French indeed.

A group of Chinese reporters were also confused. Should they report this news?
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(End of this chapter)