The headquarters of a well-known brand.
"Mr. Liu! This is the new contract sent by the championship team. Please take a look at it. Lawyer Tian is also here." The secretary introduced a man wearing glasses into the president's office.
"Lawyer Tian, you do it first." Mr. Liu motioned to Lawyer Tian to sit down and took over the new contract.
"Mr. Liu, this new contract mainly changes the amount. They took the initiative to lower the price of the endorsement fee, but added additional bonuses, including points for the champion, runner-up, and third runner-up of each station. The bonuses, as well as the final bonuses for the driver championship, runner-up, and third place as well as the team championship, runner-up, and third place, are all listed in great detail. From a legal perspective, there is no problem with this contract." Lawyer Tian said.
Mr. Liu nodded and read the contract seriously.
"McLaren's sponsorship fee for both sides of the car is about 15 million US dollars a year. Our initial asking price for the Force China team was also 15 million US dollars. Unexpectedly, they lowered the price to 10 million US dollars, which was a third less. One! Not bad, not bad!" Mr. Liu nodded, then looked down.
"The champion of a station will receive an additional reward of 2 million U.S. dollars, the runner-up of a station will receive an additional reward of 1 million U.S. dollars, and the third runner-up of a station will receive an additional reward of 500,000 U.S. dollars. The 4th to 8th place will receive a point award of 20,000 U.S. dollars, which means that all For the champion and runner-up, we will give him 3 million more!" Mr. Liu raised his head and asked: "How many races are there in this year's Formula One?"
"There are 17 stops in total." Lawyer Tian replied immediately.
"How many points are there for the 4th to 8th place?" Mr. Liu asked next.
"Fourth place gets 5 points, fifth place gets 4 points, and so on, eighth place gets 1 point." Lawyer Tian said immediately.
"The fourth place is worth 100,000 US dollars!" Mr. Liu nodded silently, then looked down at the contract.
"The driver's championship will receive an additional bonus of US$5 million, and the team championship will also receive US$5 million! Well, if they were Ferrari and Schumacher back then, wouldn't I have to pay an additional US$10 million a year?" Mr. Liu smiled. said.
However, as he spoke, he signed his name on the contract.
"Zhang Guan is really overthinking, he is still the team owner! Even a layman like me knows that if you want to win the F1 championship, you need a fast car! Just because he just bought this almost bankrupt team? Still want to Winning the driver's championship? It would be great if you can get points! Hahaha, one point, 20,000 US dollars, it's ridiculous! You only get ten or twenty points, which is only four or five million, but I saved 500 at once Ten thousand US dollars!" Mr. Liu closed the folder and sighed softly: "This athlete has a simple mind and strong limbs, so he can't do the math!"
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The news that Zhang Guan obtained a super driver's license quickly spread around the world.
In India, Omi's good mood just now disappeared without a trace because of the news in front of him.
"What? Zhang Guan got the F1 super driver's license! Why? Shady story! This must be a shady story! Zhang Guan has never even participated in a kart competition, how can he get the F1 super driver's license!" Omi roared.
After a while, Omi slowly calmed down, and he asked his butler: "Go find some racing experts or sports commentators, give them money, and ask them to write articles for me and create momentum for me. I want to Expose this secret!"
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"Zhang Guan actually got a Formula One super license! This is the most ridiculous thing to me this year! This is a racing car running on four wheels, not a track and field running on two legs! Is it because he can run on two legs? If he has the fastest time in the world, are we going to give him a super license on four wheels?"
"Zhang Guan obtained a super driver's license! After seeing the news, I went to check Zhang Guan's resume. He has never participated in any racing competitions or engaged in racing-related sports! He is completely on the field. A blank piece of paper. I really don’t understand why F1 would issue a super license to such a person who knows nothing about racing.”
"A track and field athlete has obtained a super license? I guess he will not dare to drive a racing car on the road. Maybe he can't even go through a corner! But I want to remind other drivers, be careful of pretentiousness! He is not as good as you. With his driving skills, he could be a killer on the track!”
"Why can Zhang Guan obtain a super driver's license? Is it because he is famous enough? Or because he is the owner of the team? I have to say that the Formula One competition is already full of the smell of copper. I think in the future Maybe in Formula 1, whoever has the money can buy a super license!”
Zhang Guan looked at this last piece of negative news and smiled slightly.
"It's interesting, the Formula One race is full of the smell of copper? It makes it seem like previous races were free of charge! You have eaten more than one billion US dollars a year!" Zhang Guan said with a smile.
"Fortunately, the F1 official's statement is very consistent. All the people they interviewed said that your super license is compliant." Ross Brawn patted Zhang Guan on the shoulder and continued: "Okay, we should Let’s go, it will take more than ten hours to fly to Australia!”
"Okay, let's go!" Zhang Guan stood up, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.
The opening race of the new Formula One season is finally about to begin!
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Melbourne, Australia, will host the opening race of this year's Formula One race.
Ross Brown and Zhang Guan went hand in hand. The two walked together, and Ross Brown also complained all the way.
"I have told you before that in recent years there have always been some inexplicable new rules in F1! For example, this interview we are going to accept, we didn't have to go before, but now we have to go. This is just a pre-race interview. , I heard that starting from next season, post-game interviews will also have to be like this, I can’t refuse.” Ross Brown shook his head as he said: “It’s fine if you get good results in the game, but if you are ranked last in the game, you still have to face the interview. It’s a really uncomfortable feeling for journalists.”
"I think not many reporters will pay attention to the teams ranked at the bottom!" Zhang Guan said.
There was an interview area in front of them, but before the two of them walked over to ask, a group of reporters came out of nowhere and blocked the two of them.
"Zhang Guan, there are reports that you bought your super driver's license with money, is that true?"
"Zhang Guan, some racing experts say that you are not qualified to obtain a super license at all. What do you think?"
"Zhang Guan, you have never participated in a Formula One race, and now you suddenly become a driver. Are you worried that you are not competent?"
"Zhang Guan, do you think that kind of accident will happen in your debut? Did you rush into the isolation belt? Hit the guardrail? Or collide with other players? Or all three?"
"Zhang Guan, do you think that as a person who can't drive a racing car, rashly appearing on the track may cause danger to other drivers? Do you think this is a moral issue?"
Before Zhang Guan could speak, reporters started asking questions, and the questions were getting more and more outrageous. The strong malice could be felt even from a distance. Even Ross Brown next to him felt that The reporter went a little too far.
And more importantly, what he saw before him gave Zhang Guan a sense of familiarity.
"It feels so familiar! By the way, this is Australia, this is Melbourne, no wonder I feel familiar, just like two years ago! These Australians welcome me in this way every time, haha, What does that advertisement say? It’s still the same recipe, and it still has a familiar taste! It’s still a group of Australians who don’t have long memories!”
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