All-round Athlete

Chapter 665

The heavy rain continued, but the podium was full of people.

Standing on the podium, Zhang Guan looked around, and all the audience were in his sight. They stood there in the rain, allowing the rain to wet themselves, and when Zhang Guan took the stage, there were deafening cheers at the scene.

"There are so many people! I have never seen so many spectators at an award ceremony!" Ross Brown next to him exclaimed. At this moment, he finally understood why Zhang Guan insisted on taking the first place in this race. , and even use the strategy of not entering the station to fight. With such an enthusiastic audience, it is indeed worth doing.

Zhang Guan is used to this kind of scene, but habit does not mean indifference, facing everything in front of him, his heart is still full of emotion.

This is the best audience in the world!

Bright national flags are waving in the hands of the spectators. China Power Racing Team does not have the background of Ferrari, nor does it have a special "Prancing Horse" flag, but a national flag is enough. Because of this race, the driver's champion is the Chinese, and the team's champion is also the Chinese team.

The constructors' championship is calculated based on the sum of the points earned by the two drivers of the team. The first place in the competition was Zhang Guan, who got 10 points, while the second and third places were won by Red Bull Racing, who got 8 points and 6 points respectively. He got 14 points, and the fourth place in the competition was Barrichello of China Power Team. Although he had no chance to get on the podium, he got 5 points. Obtained 15 points, 1 point more than Red Bull Racing, and thus won the constructors' championship.

Up to now, in the first three races completed, China Power Team has won all the driver championships and team championships, two runner-ups and a fourth place. The team points far ahead of other teams with 39 points. From the performance point of view, China Power is much stronger than other teams, and it can even be said to have a crushing advantage.

As a new team, it is really unprecedented to be able to achieve such a result. People are amazed, accompanied by other emotions, such as envy, jealousy, hatred, and regret.

In Japan, Takeo Fukui, the president of Honda, looked at the quarterly financial report in his hand, with depression written all over his face. Against the background of the financial crisis, Honda Motor's global car sales continued to decline, and the financial report for the first quarter was even worse.

"Hey..." Takeo Fukui let out a long sigh. He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, but at this moment, his cell phone rang.

"It's Director Hashimoto." Takeo Fukui glanced at the caller ID.

This "director Hashimoto" is a member of the Honda board of directors and one of Fukui's supporters on the board.

"Hashimoto, I'm Takeo Fukui." Takeo Fukui said into the phone.

"President Fukui, I don't know if you have watched the just-concluded Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. The China Force team won the team championship again." Hashimoto said.

"Oh, aren't they three consecutive champions?" Takeo Fukui said.

"Yes, it is a great achievement to win all the first three races in the season. But this is not good news for us." Hashimoto went on to say: "I just received some rumors , there are many people in the board of directors who regret the sale of the Honda team. They think that if we do not sell the team, the current championship will belong to us. So they are likely to discuss the sale at the next board meeting Regarding the matter of the team, I will make a case inquiry to you..."

"What!" Takeo Fukui's expression suddenly became embarrassing.

He was no longer in the mood to continue studying the financial report of the last quarter, but hastily ended the call with Hashimoto, opened the webpage, and found the news about the victory of the China Force team.

In the photo accompanying the news, Zhang Guan was spraying champagne.

"Zhang Guan has won the championship again, and China Power has also won the championship! Three consecutive championships! If I had known this earlier, I would never have sold the team!" Takeo Fukui felt a deep sense of regret.

Two months ago, Honda sold the Honda team, and two months later, the team that they abandoned has won the Formula One team championship for three consecutive races. .

China Force has proved with their results that they are not only not a small team, but also a leader in the team. For Honda, the sale of the Honda team is a big loss!

Selling a championship team for 80 million US dollars is undoubtedly a big loss. Furthermore, the championship team of Formula One cannot be simply measured by money. Besides, a large multinational company like Honda doesn't have to wait for 80 million US dollars to save its life.

At this time, in China, some people are regretting, but their regret is accompanied by happiness.

"There are several million dollars gone again..." Mr. Liu took the calculator and pressed numbers on it: "The driver champion will receive an additional reward of 2 million dollars. This time there is no runner-up, and there are 5 for the fourth place." Points are worth 500,000 U.S. dollars, team championships are worth 1 million U.S. dollars, and 3.5 million U.S. dollars!"

Mr. Liu let out a long sigh, and his heart ached even more.

China Force Team won the first two places in Australia, which cost Mr. Liu an extra 4 million US dollars, and another week later in Malaysia, Mr. Liu once again paid 4 million US dollars more. Including the original sponsorship fee of 10 million, the total is 18 million US dollars, which is 3 million more than the original 15 million.

However, today, another 3.5 million bonus was paid out, which made Mr. Liu feel as if his body had been hollowed out.

However, the publicity effect is definitely there, and it is very good. Especially in the Chinese Grand Prix, countless racing cars of China Power appeared in the camera, and the company's logo also appeared in the TV screen time and time again.

"This is only the third race, and there are 14 more races to come. If Zhang Guan wins a few more championships, the company's cash flow in the next quarter will not need to do anything else!" Mr. Liu was thinking, calling The voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Mr. Liu, as soon as the market opened this morning, our company's stock immediately stopped rising!"

"Oh?" Mr. Liu immediately became vigilant, and he said, "The daily limit was raised as soon as the market opened. Is it a malicious acquisition?"

"No, it seems to be because of yesterday's F1 Chinese Grand Prix. I specifically checked and found that the stocks of several other teams that sponsor China Force have also gone up by their daily limit." The other end of the phone said.

"So it's because of this reason that you continue to stare at the noodles." Mr. Liu put down the phone.

However, the next second, the phone rang again.

"Mr. Liu, the call from Qingcheng City just now, the land we want by the sea has already been approved there. Let's go through the formalities."

"Really approved?" Mr. Liu stood up excitedly, and then asked: "What's the matter? I went to Qingcheng personally no less than seven or eight times, and they refused to release that piece of land. Why did they approve it?" gone?"

"The staff over there said that they didn't approve it before because their leadership in the city didn't understand our company. They didn't dare to let go of such a large piece of land. But after watching Zhang Guan's racing competition yesterday, they knew Knowing that we are a big brand, our advertisements have been advertised internationally, and even F1 racing cars have our advertisements, so they approved the land and invited us to visit the local investment environment..."

Mr. Liu's heart immediately felt much more comfortable, and the feeling of cutting his flesh just now disappeared without a trace.

"It's worth it. You can help me get this land. The extra 3.5 million you spent yesterday is really worth it!"

The first chapter is delivered! Yesterday, there was another new mainstream leader who was ruthless for several times, thank you for the ruthless support of the mainstream leader for several times! Going home tomorrow for the Mid-Autumn Festival, I don’t have time to add more updates, and I will make up for the leader to add more updates for Liushui several times before the weekend! Thanks again.