Faced with Chen Qiang's sudden invitation, Jack Crama seemed a little overwhelmed.

If this was said from someone else's mouth, Jack Kramar might think it was a joke with him, but Chen Qiang is not an ordinary person, and this kind of invitation from the mouth of a multimillionaire will certainly not be a joke.

Jack Krama hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Mr. Chen, why me?" I mean, why did you choose me? ”

"When the reporter interviewed me before, I already said that I want to promote tennis, and I hope that tennis can become a civilian sport, even children from poor families can play tennis. So I need someone who really loves tennis to help me achieve that, and I think you're the right fit. Chen Qiang said.

"Thank you for the compliment." Jack Kramar let out a long sigh and then spoke, "But Mr. Chen, I need some time to think about it. ”

"No problem, I'm always waiting for your good news." Chen Qiang nodded.

Jack Kramar continued: "Mr. Chen, I'm actually very interested in tennis promotion work, but you know, in addition to playing tennis, I also serve in the Coast Guard, and now is a special time of war, and our Coast Guard is also responsible for national defense, and I am also defending the country in my own way, so I think my work is very meaningful." One side is what I love, and the other side is my country, and I really have to choose. If it weren't a time of war, or if the situation of war had changed for the better, I would have accepted your invitation without hesitation. ”

"It's okay, Jack, I can understand your feelings, so even if you don't want to come and work with me, my door is always open for you. But I still hope that you will seriously consider my suggestion and let's promote the development of tennis together! Chen Qiang said.

Chen Qiang really needs people like Jack Kramar who love tennis to promote a new type of tennis racket.

With Chen Qiang's current identity, of course, it is impossible to personally take charge of the sales of new tennis rackets, Chen Qiang is now a multimillionaire, equivalent to a big boss worth billions in later generations, and no big boss worth billions will go to the front line to be responsible for product sales in the future. Of course, you have to hire someone to do this kind of thing.

As for Chen Qiang's partner Little Beckland, although he has been the owner of the company for many years, Little Beckland is more like a scientist, what he is best at is the research and development of new plastic products, and when it comes to the means of doing business, Chen Qiang even feels that Little Beckland is not as good as himself.

Therefore, Chen Qiang felt that he needed a specialized talent to sell new tennis rackets, and this talent was best a tennis insider.

Jack Kramar obviously fits Chen Qiang's requirements very well, he is a tennis player, he has won the US Open in the future, of course, he is an insider in tennis, and he also loves tennis very much and is willing to pay for it.

It's just that now is a special war period after all, World War II has entered a white-hot stage, almost every American is ready to go to war, Jack Crama as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, can be regarded as defending the country, let him leave the U.S. Coast Guard now, as if he was going to be a deserter when the country needed it most, on a psychological level, Jack Crama may not be able to accept this.

"Of course it's best if Jack Krama can come, if he can't, he'll have to find someone else." Chen Qiang said to himself, at this time he suddenly remembered what Jack Kramar said, "If the situation of the war becomes better, I will definitely accept your invitation without hesitation."

"I almost forgot, at this time Italy is about to surrender, such good news, the US stock market should rise sharply! I still have some money to spare, and I can really invest in the U.S. stock market at this opportunity, and I will definitely make a lot of money! ”

Thinking of this, Chen Qiang had already made up his mind that after this game was over, he would go to Wall Street to find a stockbroker, and then buy a bunch of stocks and wait to make money.

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There was no suspense in this US Open semi-final, and Chen Qiang easily defeated Jack Kramar to win the match and successfully advance to the final role.

Tennis in the 40s was still relatively backward, and tennis players' understanding of tennis and their own skills were far worse than those of later generations. After all, in the eyes of later generations, tennis before the Open era was known as "amateur tennis", and the real level of the players may not be as good as those amateur tennis players in later generations. Chen Qiang, who mastered the advanced technology and advanced concepts of later generations, beat all tennis players in the 40s, and it became a common thing.

It is worth mentioning that in the game, although Jack Kramar was defenseless, he never gave up the game, he played very hard throughout the game, even if he was behind by a big score and there was no hope of victory, but he was still playing every ball seriously. Chen Qiang can even feel that the more he is beaten, the more excited Jack Krama becomes, of course, not because Jack Krama has masochistic tendencies, but because he feels that it is a very fortunate thing to be able to play against such a strong opponent.

Perhaps for Jack Crama, the outcome of the game is not important, the important thing is that he can enjoy the process of the game, enjoy the fun brought by tennis, even if he is beaten without suspense, but the joy of confronting the master is also a rare energy.

I have to say that Jack Kramar is a person who truly loves the game of tennis!

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After the semifinals of the U.S. Open, Chen Qiang did not celebrate, but went directly to Wall Street and found a stockbroker, intending to invest in American stocks and make a profit from it.

Chen Qiang, a multimillionaire, can enjoy VIP treatment in any investment company on Wall Street, and there are special financial experts to serve him, Chen Qiang only needs to talk about his intentions, and the financial experts can send a detailed investment plan to Chen Qiang.

It is a fact that Chen Qiang's action is a little late, as early as ten days ago, many Wall Street tycoons began to lay out the US stock market.

It all started a few months ago, when the Allies won victory in North Africa, the German-Italian forces in North Africa surrendered, and the "Trident" conference held by Britain and the United States in the United States also made a strategic decision to land in Italy from Sicily.

After the Battle of Sicily, the Italian Prime Minister stepped down, and the Allies were planning to attack Italy, which was already planning to surrender to the Allies. In mid-August, when Italian diplomats expressed their willingness to formally begin armistice negotiations with the Allies, and Churchill and Roosevelt demanded Italy's unconditional surrender at a meeting in Quebec, Wall Street speculators began to roll out the U.S. stock market.

Italy will finally surrender on September 8, two days after the end of the US Open. After Italy's surrender, the U.S. stock market will enter an eight-year upward period, and the five-year bear market since the outbreak of World War II will also end.

In the first two years of the eight years, news of victories on the battlefield would continue to arrive, and the surrender of Germany and Japan would return the U.S. stock market to its pre-war level, and the next six years, the success of the Marshall Plan would bring the U.S. stock market to the next level. The U.S. stock market continued to rise and fall until the end of the Korean War, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union entered into the Cold War, and the U.S. stock market gradually entered a plateau.

Now that the eight-year bull market in the United States is about to begin, it is no exaggeration to say that buying stocks during this period is basically a matter of making money without losing money, and fools can make money, the difference is only to make more and earn less.

Chen Qiang, who is not an expert in investing, returned his attention to the US Open after handing over the matter of buying stocks to stockbrokers.

The other semi-final has also ended, and Chen Qiang's next opponent has already been announced, he is the talented American tennis player Joe Hunter.

Joe Hunter is 24 years old, the prime age of a tennis player, and he was also the number one tennis player in the United States in 1943. Joe Hunter was the all-time 1943 U.S. Open champion, and he was the only person to win the U.S. Tennis Junior (under 15), junior (under 18), college and U.S. Open. In other words, Joe Hunter won from a young age, and it is not an exaggeration to be hailed as an "American tennis genius".

In 1943, Joe Hunter was just reaching his prime, and if nothing else, he was bound to become a legendary tennis player, winning many Grand Slam titles in his career, and his name would be remembered.

Sadly, he died in World War II, and Joe Hunter joined the U.S. Navy in 1944, and in 1945, when Joe Hunter was approaching his 26th birthday, a routine battery training took his young life.

In general, Joe Hunter is a somewhat tragic tennis player, he is a tennis genius that has been rare for decades, and has been pinned on by countless tennis lovers, and he has successfully fulfilled his talent, but the time is a little too short, and he has not become the "big devil" in the tennis world, and he was accidentally strangled in the cradle.

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Chen Qiang does not have such a person as Joe Hunter in his memory, after all, the glory time of Joe Hunter in history is too short, and he died before he could become famous, so when later generations comment on the ancient gods of tennis, Joe Hunter will hardly be mentioned. If you are an American professional tennis player, you may know Joe Hunter, but Chen Qiang, a sports person from China, has certainly not heard of Joe Hunter's name.

However, Chen Qiang still found some information about Joe Hunter and learned about the experience of this "American tennis genius" winning from childhood to adulthood.

"From the children's division to college, I have always been a champion, but it is not easy in a sports environment like the United States! It seems that this Joe Hunter must have some skills, but why haven't I heard his name in the future? Chen Qiang thought to himself.

The sports industry in the United States is very developed, and it is very difficult for athletes to win from childhood to adulthood, and as an athlete in the United States, every year you grow up, you will eliminate countless competitors, and there will be stronger opponents to challenge you. Many potential children were Lu Bu in primary school, and they were invincible all over the world; When he reached junior high school, he became Zhang Fei, and there was a roar on the longboard bridge; Rising to high school may just be Yan Liangwen and ugly, and Hebei celebrities are on the head; When he arrived at university, he became the general Pan Feng and became Huaxiong's background board; When you really get to the professional level, you may just be some inconspicuous miscellaneous soldier.

It's not impossible to win from a small size to a big game and then become the best one at the professional level, but it's just too hard. Throughout the history of American sports, there are only a handful of such people. Phelps is one in swimming, and James is one in basketball. Even Jordan was a great god who could only play in the second team of the varsity team in his sophomore year of high school, and Tom Brady did not become the main quarterback of the varsity team until his senior year.

Chen Qiang is still wondering why Joe Hunter, a talented player, has not gone down in history, while Joe Hunter on the other side is looking at Chen Qiang with high morale.

At this time, Joe Hunter remembered the 1938 US Open, which was the one in which Chen Qiang won the championship.

That year, Hunter had just entered the University of Southern California, and as a freshman, he maintained an undefeated record throughout the year, including the Ojay Tennis Championship, which was important for college students. At that time, he was a promising star of American tennis, and many in the tennis world were talking about when Joe Hunt could surpass Don Boogie as the greatest athlete in history.

Don Boogie in 1938 was the undisputed first man in tennis, and Joe Hunt saw Don Boogie not only as his idol, but also as his future goal to surpass.

However, in the US Open that year, Don Boogie lost to Chen Qiang, and was beaten by Chen Qiang throughout the match, without the slightest hope of winning.

It was also in that game that in Joe Hunter's heart, the image of Don Boogie's idol was shattered in an instant, and Don Boogie's status as the world's No. 1 also collapsed in an instant. At that time, Joe Hunt even felt very lost, he couldn't find the way forward.

Because both the world and Joe Hunter himself will use Don Boogie as Joe Hunt's flaunt, but suddenly Joe Hunt found that the person he regarded as a role model and a direction of effort was just a player who was beaten by Chen Qiang throughout the whole process! What qualifies such a loser to be a role model for others? And what's the point of Joe Hunter seeing a loser as the direction to work towards? Do you want to learn how he failed and how he was beaten?

After a long period of confusion, Joe Hunter finally figured it out, and he found a new goal, which is to defeat Chen Qiang!

Chen Qiang won against Don Boogie, so Joe Hunter felt that as long as he could defeat Chen Qiang, he could prove his excellence again and prove that he really surpassed Don Boogie and became the greatest tennis player.

However, since the U.S. Open that year, Chen Qiang has never participated in a tennis match.

Joe Hunter waited for five years, and he trained hard in these five years so that he could beat Chen Qiang in the competition and prove himself.

Now, Joe Hunter has finally waited for the opportunity to play against Chen Qiang in the 1943 US Open role.

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PS: There was a Joseph Hunter in the previous article, that was a mistake in the pass, the real tennis genius should be Joe Hunt, the pass thought that the two "Hunters" were the same person, but found that they were confused. The information before the Open era is too hard to find, and there are no records of many related players, so I am very sorry for this bug.