tennis giant

Chapter 241 National Team?
Zhuhai is a coastal city located in the southwestern part of the Pearl River Estuary in Guangdong Province. It faces Hong Kong across the sea to the east and Macau to the south. The economy is very developed and the environment and climate are quite good.

In fact, this is not the first time for An Sheng to come to Zhuhai, because he has been here before to participate in the ITF Hope Tournament, but he has never really visited this bustling metropolis.

Therefore, An Sheng is actually very unfamiliar with it.

But this time, An Sheng came to a Hong Kong-style tea restaurant in the center of the city at the invitation of Zhang Ze.

By the way, An Sheng was very surprised at the beginning when Zhang Ze said that he wanted to treat him to breakfast. After all, when treating guests to dinner, breakfast was rarely arranged.

Of course, An Sheng now knows that the so-called breakfast is actually morning tea, which also has the characteristics of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong.

There are many types of food for morning tea, but An Sheng only has milk and shrimp dumplings.

"An Sheng, you just ordered these two, but you can't get enough. It's okay, you can order a few more, but don't eat too much, taste the taste." Zhang Ze reminded with a smile.

As athletes, their food intake is much larger than that of ordinary people, but they can't eat everything, and they are also professional tennis players. They will be randomly picked by the anti-doping organization for a surprise urine test.

However, since Zhang Ze said so, An Sheng ordered some more, but he was still more cautious. At least, he knew all these pastries, and they were not strange things.

"Ansheng, you usually participate in competitions and rarely go out for shopping, right?"

"It's very rare. They usually stay in the hotel and leave immediately after the game is over. There is basically no time to go shopping."

"Actually, I think it's good for us to take some time off from the competition, whether it's to taste the local delicacies or visit the local attractions. It makes people feel that participating in the competition will be so boring.”

An Sheng nodded, agreeing with his opinion. At the same time, he could guess that Zhang Ze, who had been in the professional arena for many years, might be a little tired of the game.

This is understandable, and one can also imagine what it would be like for a person to spend all the time in training and competition.

In particular, Zhang Ze has basically been finalized now, and it is difficult to improve in terms of ability, and it is also difficult to make breakthroughs in terms of performance.

As a result, his enthusiasm and passion for the game will definitely be affected and gradually become dull.

But as far as An Sheng is concerned, he has a long way to go, and he is far from reaching his limit, and every time he participates in the competition, he will have a new experience, so he will naturally not feel bored.
"Hey~ Sometimes I really envy you, you can arrange your schedule freely, unlike me, in addition to professional games, you have to participate in a lot of messy games. Of course, like the Davis Cup, which represents the national team I am definitely obliged to play the game.”

"Brother Zhang, if you want to put it this way, I am quite envious of you. Not only can you get the wild cards of the Huaguo Open and the Shanghai Masters, but even the Grand Slam tournaments. You have the opportunity to participate in the wild cards. But like me, if the ranking is not enough, there is no chance at all."

Anson said with a smile.

This is actually a common sentiment. Players in the system, especially "successful" players like Zhang Ze, always want more freedom.

On the contrary, many players outside the system are very envious of them, members of the national team. In addition to receiving a large amount of financial subsidies, they can often get wild cards in multiple competitions.

But in fact, everything has advantages and disadvantages, and one cannot just take advantage without paying some price.

"Haha, you are right. Hey, Ansheng, you have signed with IMG recently, right?"

"how do you know?"

An Sheng was a little surprised, because he hadn't made this matter public, and IMG hadn't made it public either, so most people wouldn't know about it.

"Some time ago, I met Wu Bingyi, and he told me more."

"It turned out to be him." An Sheng came back to his senses, and continued: "I have indeed signed a contract with IMG, but compared to Wu Bingyi, my contract is not very good."

"You're already doing well, okay! IMG is a big international company, unlike me, I signed with Shengshi Sports, and I don't get any support at all abroad."

Not long ago, Zhang Ze officially signed a contract with Guangdong Shengshi Sports Development Co., Ltd.

This means that Zhang Ze has started a "solo flight".

Of course, as a member of the national team, it is impossible for him to completely separate himself from them. Once he enters the system, he wants to get out?Unless you want to be a "traitor", it's simply not possible.

At the beginning, An Sheng also came into contact with Shengshi Sports. Their international influence is naturally not enough, but they will not be as unbearable as Zhang Ze said. They are still very professional.

What's more, to be honest, based on Zhang Ze's current situation, there are basically no conditions for signing a large international company. His strength is not enough, and his potential is not enough.

Therefore, An Sheng did not express any opinions on this topic.

But next, Zhang Ze raised a question that made An Sheng's heart beat faster and could not be suppressed.

"An Sheng, if, I mean if, if you have the opportunity to join the national team, would you like to?"

"national team!"

An Sheng's eyes lit up and his heart beat faster, but then fell silent again.

"An Sheng, don't be so serious. I'm just representing myself and chatting casually. I'm not really negotiating with you on behalf of the national team."

This made An Sheng breathe a sigh of relief, and after he thought about it, he had a clear answer. In fact, he didn't have any more choices for this question.

"Of course, Brother Zhang, if the national team really calls me, then I will definitely join."

"why?"

An Sheng smiled wryly, "Brother Zhang, can I refuse?"

"Too."

If this incident really happened, An Sheng would have no choice. Otherwise, it is conceivable that as soon as the news spread, his reputation in China would inevitably suffer a devastating blow.

Of course, An Sheng still had reservations in his heart. He did not resist joining the national team, but he also had conditions. As for the specific conditions, it still had to be determined according to the situation at the time.

And this topic, they didn't continue to chat, because it was really difficult to talk about, it was too sensitive.

After that, An Sheng took the initiative to ask about Zhang Ze's past stories, which aroused his interest. Basically, he started talking about tennis when he was a child, and has been talking about it until now.

Correspondingly, An Sheng also talked about his past.

In this way, time passed quickly while they were chatting, and they had to return to the hotel to start the next part of their journey.

(End of this chapter)