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

If this was said from others, Jack Krama might think that he was joking, but Chen Qiang is not an ordinary person. Such invitations were said from the mouth of a millionaire, of course it would not be a joke.

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

"When the reporter interviewed me before, I said that I want to promote tennis. I hope tennis can become a popular sport, and even children from poor families can play tennis. So I need an expert who truly loves tennis to help me achieve this goal. I think you are a very suitable candidate." Chen Qiang said.

"Thank you for your compliment." Jack Krama sighed and then said, "But Mr. Chen, I need some time to think about it."

"No problem, I'll wait for your good news at any time." Chen Qiang nodded.

Jack Krama continued: "Mr. Chen, I am actually very interested in tennis promotion, but you know that in addition to playing tennis, I also serve in the Coast Guard. Now is a special war period. Our Coast Guard is also responsible for national defense tasks. I am also defending the country in my own way, so I think my work is very meaningful. On one side is the career I love, and on the other side is my country. I really make a choice. If it is not the war period, or the war situation has improved, I will definitely accept your invitation without hesitation."

"It doesn't matter, Jack, I can understand your mood, so even if you don't want to come to work here, my door is always open for you. But I still hope you can seriously consider my suggestions and let us promote the development of tennis together!" Chen Qiang said.

Chen Qiang really needs people like Jack Krama who loves tennis to promote new tennis rackets.

With Chen Qiang's current identity, of course, it is impossible for him to be responsible for the sales of new tennis rackets himself. Chen Qiang is now a millionaire, equivalent to a big boss worth billions in the future. In the future, no big boss worth billions will be in charge of the front line of product sales. Of course, people have to hire to do things like selling goods.

As for Chen Qiang's partner Beckland, although he has been the company boss for many years, Beckland is more like a scientist. His best attitude is to develop new plastic products. In terms of business methods, Chen Qiang even thinks Beckland is not as good as himself.

So Chen Qiang felt that he needed a specialist to sell new tennis rackets, and this talent was the best expert in tennis.

Jack Krama obviously meets Chen Qiang's requirements. He is a tennis player and has won the US Open championship in the future. Of course, he is an expert in tennis. He also loves tennis very much and is willing to contribute to the tennis.

But now it is a special war period, and World War II has entered a white-hot stage. Almost every American is ready to go to the battlefield. As a member of the US Coast Guard, Jack Krama is defending his country. Letting him leave the US Coast Guard now is like letting him become a deserter when the country needs it most. On a psychological level, Jack Krama may not be able to accept this.

"It is of course the best if Jack Krama can come. If he can't come, he has to find someone else to choose." Chen Qiang said to himself. At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Jack Krama said, "If the situation of the dispute and the war situation has improved, I will definitely accept your invitation without hesitation."

"I almost forgot that Italy is about to surrender at this time. With such good news, the US stock market should rise sharply! I still have some extra money in my hands now, and I can really invest in the US stock market. I will definitely make a big profit!"

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

...

There was no suspense in this semi-final at the US Open. Chen Qiang easily defeated Jack Krama, won the game, and successfully advanced to the final role.

Tennis in the 1940s were still relatively backward, and tennis players' understanding of tennis and their own skills were far worse than later generations. After all, in the eyes of later generations, tennis before the Open era was hailed as "amateur tennis", and the real level of players may be inferior to those of later generations. Chen Qiang, who mastered the advanced technology and advanced concepts of later generations, beat all tennis players in the 1940s, became common.

It is worth mentioning that although Jack Krama had no resistance in the game, he never gave up on the game. He played desperately throughout the game. Even though he was behind in the big score and there was no hope for victory, he was still playing every ball seriously. Chen Qiang could even feel that the more he was beaten, the more excited Jack Krama was. Of course, this was not because Jack Krama had a tendency to be abused, but because he felt that it was a very fortunate thing to be able to play against such a powerful opponent.

Perhaps for Jack Krama, the outcome of the game is not important. What is important is that he can enjoy the game process and enjoy the fun brought by tennis. Even if he is beaten without any suspense, the happiness of confronting the masters is a rare energy.

I have to say that Jack Krama is a truly passionate about tennis!

...

After the US Open semi-finals, Chen Qiang did not celebrate, but went directly to Wall Street and found a stock broker, intending to invest in US stocks and make a fortune from it.

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

It is true that Chen Qiang's actions were a bit late. As early as more than ten days ago, many Wall Street tycoons began to deploy in the US stock market.

The story starts a few months ago. The Allied forces won the battlefield in North Africa, the German and Italian coalition forces in North Africa surrendered, and the "Tredent" meeting held by Britain and the United States in the United States also made strategic decisions to land in Italy from Sicily.

After the Battle of Sicily, the Italian Prime Minister stepped down and the Allies also planned to launch an attack on Italy. At this time, Italy had already begun to surrender to the Allies. In mid-August, Italian diplomats expressed their willingness to officially start the armistice negotiations, and Churchill and Roosevelt demanded Italy to surrender unconditionally at the Quebec meeting. After the news reached the United States, speculators on Wall Street had already begun to deploy the US stock market.

Italy will eventually surrender on September 8, two days after the end of this US Open. After Italy surrenders, the U.S. stock market will enter an eight-year rise period, and the five-year bear market will end since the outbreak of World War II.

In the first two years of these eight years, news of victory on the battlefield will continue to come. The success of Germany and Japan has brought the US stock market back to the pre-war period. In the next six years, the success of the Marshall Plan has brought the US stock market to a higher level. This round of rise in the US stock market continued until after the end of the Korean War, the United States and the Soviet Union entered the Cold War. At that time, the US stock market gradually entered a stable period.

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 a profit without losing money. Even fools can make money, but the difference is just a matter of making more money.

Chen Qiang is not an investment expert. After he handed over the buying of stocks to stock brokers, he focused again on the US Open.

Another semi-final has ended, and Chen Qiang's next opponent has been released, and he is the talented American tennis player Joe Hunter.

Joe Hunter is 24 years old this year, the peak age of a tennis player, and he is also the number one person in the United States in 1943. The U.S. Open champion in 1943 in history was Joe Hunter, and he is also the only person to win the U.S. Tennis Children's Group Championship (under 15), Junior Group Championship (under 18), College Group Championship and U.S. Open Championship. In other words, Joe Hunter won since childhood, and it is not an exaggeration to be known as an "American Tennis Genius".

In 1943, Joe Hunter was just at the peak of his age. If there were no accidents, he would definitely become a legendary tennis player. He would also win many Grand Slam titles in his career, and his name would be remembered by people.

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

In general, Joe Hunter is a somewhat tragic tennis player. He is a tennis genius that is rare in decades. He has been highly expected by countless tennis enthusiasts. He has also successfully fulfilled his talent. However, the time is a bit too short. Before he became the "big devil" in the tennis world, he was accidentally strangled in the cradle.

...

Chen Qiang's memory is not like Joe Hunter. After all, Joe Hunter in history has been too short for his glory. He died before he could make a name for himself. Therefore, when he later commented on the ancient masters of tennis, he would hardly mention Joe Hunter. If he was a person who specialized in tennis in the United States, he might know Joe Hunter, but Chen Qiang, a sportsman from China, certainly had never heard of Joe Hunter's name.

However, Chen Qiang still found some information about Joe Hunter and learned about this "American tennis genius"'s experience of winning big since childhood.

"From the children's group and until college, they are always champions. It's not easy in a sports environment like the United States! It seems that Joe Hunter should 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. For athletes, it is even more difficult to win from childhood to adulthood. When an athlete in the United States, every year he grows up, he will eliminate countless competitors and have stronger opponents to challenge you. Many children with potential are Lu Bu in elementary school, and they are invincible in the world; when they go to junior high school, they become Zhang Fei, and a roar on Changbanqiao; when they go to high school, they may be Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and Hebei famous generals are at the forefront; when they go to college, they become general Pan Feng, and Hua Xiong's background board; when they really enter the professional level, they may be just some inconspicuous mistress.

It is not impossible to win from childhood to big and then become the strongest in professional-level games. It is not impossible in the sports environment of the United States, but it is really too difficult. Looking at the history of American sports, there are only a handful of such people. Phelps in the swimming field is considered one, and James in the basketball field is considered one. Even Jordan was able to hang out in the second team of the school team in his second year of high school. Tom Brady did not become the main quarterback of the school team until his senior year.

Chen Qiang was still wondering why a player with great talent like Joe Hunter had no name left in history, while Joe Hunter on the opposite side looked at Chen Qiang with high spirits.

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

That year, Hunter had just entered the University of Southern California. As a freshman in college, he maintained an unbeaten record throughout the year, including the Ojai Tennis Championship, which is more important to college students. At that time, he was the hope star of American tennis. Many people in the tennis world were talking about when Joe Hunter could surpass Don Boogie and become the greatest athlete in history.

In 1938, Don Booji was the well-deserved number one person in the tennis world. Joe Hunter not only regarded Don Booji as his idol, but also as his goal to surpass in the future.

However, at the US Open that year, Tang Booji lost to Chen Qiang, and was beaten by Chen Qiang throughout the game, and there was no hope of winning at all.

It was also in that game that in Joe Hunter's heart, the image of Don Boogie's idol was instantly shattered, and Don Boogie's position as the world number one collapsed instantly. At that time, Joe Hunter even felt very confused and could not find the direction to move forward.

Because both the world and Joe Hunter themselves regard Don Boogie as Joe Hunter's proposition. However, suddenly Joe Hunter discovered that he regarded himself as a role model and as a direction of effort, but he was just a player who was beaten by Chen Qiang throughout the whole process! What qualifications are such a loser qualified to be a role model for others? What is the point of Joe Hunter regarding a loser as the direction of effort? Should he learn how he failed and how he was beaten?

After a long time of confusion, Joe Hunter finally figured it out. He found a new goal, which is to defeat Chen Qiang!

Chen Qiang beat Tang Buji, so Joe Hunter felt that as long as he could defeat Chen Qiang, he could prove his excellence again, prove that he really surpassed Tang Buji and became the greatest tennis player.

However, since that year's US Open, Chen Qiang has never participated in tennis again.

Joe Hunter has been waiting for five years. His training has been hard for the past five years to defeat Chen Qiang in the game and prove himself.

Now, Joe Hunter finally waited for the opportunity to fight with Chen Qiang in the US Open role in 1943.
Chapter completed!