tennis giant

Chapter 417 Interview
In order to meet the interview requirements of many media, on January 2019, 1, that is, New Year's Day, An Sheng held a press meeting at the Lucheng Guanhao Club.

At 10:[-] in the morning, An Sheng showed up at the venue on time.

"Everyone, if you have any questions, just ask." An Sheng looked in a good mood with a smile on his face.

"An Sheng, the new season is about to start. What is your goal in the new season? Are you still number one in the world?"

Li Xin, a reporter from Bolang Sports, was arranged to ask the first question. He was also very interesting and asked a question that was quite in line with the purpose of this press conference.

By the way, under the mediation of Qiu Shengshi, and they have already fired Mo Shaohua, An Sheng and Bolang Sports have already reconciled, and they are even discussing cooperation matters now.

"Number one in the world? No, that's not my goal."

And just when everyone was wondering, An Sheng smiled and said: "In this season, according to the plan, I will participate in the four Grand Slam tournaments, 9 Masters, and the Huaguo Open, as well as the year-end finals. , a total of 15 events, and my goal is to win all the championships in these 15 events!"

"Wow~"

Not surprisingly, there was a commotion at the scene.

"But An Sheng, is your goal too illusory?"

"Why do you say that? Because no one has ever done this before?" An Sheng immediately asked.

"No, An Sheng, it's not just because no one has done this before, but because I'm sure that in the professional tennis world, no one will be able to do it in the future. If you don't accept it, we can make a bet."

It was Jason, a reporter from Sports Illustrated, who suddenly stood up and shouted imposingly.

"Ha ha."

An Sheng laughed, "Jason, do you think I'm a fool? Why should I bet with you?"

After a pause, An Sheng continued: "What I said just now is my goal, but I didn't say that I will be able to achieve it, right? After all, it is definitely not wrong to set the goal higher .”

"Next question."

"Ansheng, as far as I know, your girlfriend, who is also your agent, Sandy, is currently in frequent contact with Nike. You two have an intention to cooperate, right?"

"That's right!" An Sheng didn't deny it, but then explained: "But please don't make random guesses. There is only a slight cooperation intention between me and Nike, and no agreement has been reached."

"In addition, my management team is currently in contact with Huaguo's sportswear brand, so I may not necessarily cooperate with Nike in the future."

"Next question."

"An Sheng, you said before that if you can't win the 'Most Popular Singles Player' award, then you will give up the 'Best Comeback Award', right?"

"of course."

"But as far as I know, you have already won the 'Best Comeback Award' trophy."

"That's right. Although I made it clear that I would not accept it, and in fact, I didn't go to receive the award at all, but they sent the trophy to me."

"In this case, I have to give them some face, don't I? They have all sent it over, so I can't return it, or just drop it?"

"Next question."

Regarding this issue, An Sheng didn't want to talk too much. He did accept the "Best Comeback Award", but for this matter, he actually had some unpleasant quarrels with ATP officials.

"An Sheng, in this season, apart from the Grand Slam season and the Masters, are you really not going to participate in other events?"

"Didn't I just say that? I will still participate in the Huaguo Open. In addition, I will also represent the national team and participate in this year's Davis Cup."

"By the way, you should already know that this season's Davis Cup has been restructured. It no longer has such a complicated competition system. Instead, it selects the top 18 players in the world based on the ATP rankings and lets them Lead the members of their respective national teams to compete for the Davis Cup."

"And I think, with my strength, I must be able to get a place in the competition, but if I want to win the championship, I'm afraid there is no hope."

But this was obviously not the answer the reporter wanted. After An Sheng finished speaking, he asked immediately.

"Anson, what I mean is, are you really not considering participating in any other events besides the ones you have planned? Like ATP250 events."

"In addition, I heard that there are already several ATP250 level events, and you are invited to participate, but it is because the appearance fee you asked for is too high, which caused the matter to be shelved."

"Ha ha."

An Sheng did not deny this. In fact, he deliberately revealed this news.

At present, there are indeed several ATP250 tournaments that invite him to participate, such as the Pune Open in India, and Anson offered an appearance fee of 100 million US dollars.

It is precisely because the other party felt that the price was too high, so they failed to reach an agreement.

The reason why An Sheng did this is very clear.

First of all, he really does not want to participate in ATP250 level events, and even most ATP500 level events, he will not participate.

Second, he wants to pay himself an appearance fee to complete a positioning.

And he also believes that as long as he can continue to achieve better results in major competitions, then there will always be someone who is willing to pay such a high price to invite him to participate.

But, for this matter, An Sheng naturally couldn't admit it in public, and he had already thought of a reason to deal with it.

"I think you have some misunderstandings about this matter. I did offer an appearance fee of 100 million US dollars before, but in fact, it was just because I really didn't want to participate in any event, so I opened it on purpose. A high price.”

"But what if someone is really willing to pay the price?" the reporter asked.

"Hehe, it depends on the specific situation. If my physical condition and time permit, maybe I will choose to participate."

"Next question."

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"An Sheng, apart from the Davis Cup, will you represent the Chinese national team and participate in other competitions?"

"Not sure, but I have no other plans for the time being. Oh, by the way, if nothing else happens, I will represent China and participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics."

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"An Sheng, we have received news that you are about to cooperate with the national team to create a brand new tennis school. Is this true?"

"It is true, and we have also received strong support from the Lucheng government/government and the Lucheng Tennis Association. At present, we have obtained the land approval. Just next to the Guanhao Club, we will build a brand new tennis school."

"What is the purpose of this school? Is it for profit?"

"Of course not, our purpose is to train more outstanding tennis players..."

An Sheng had no choice but to cooperate with the national team, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to get this piece of land, even if it was originally a wasteland.

And this press meeting lasted until 02:30 in the afternoon before it was able to end.

By this time, An Sheng's originally smiling face had already become a little numb. Dealing with these reporters was really not an easy job.

Fortunately, after this "packaging and processing", in a short period of time, he doesn't need to pay attention to them anymore.

In addition, he can safely hand over the matter of business cooperation to Sandy and Zhou Yang. Only in this way can he really calm down and actively prepare for the battle.

(End of this chapter)