Domestic audiences are also paying attention to this game.
The first Chinese team and the first Chinese driver appeared in Formula One. Of course, it will attract much attention. In addition, it is the afternoon time period on weekends, which is the peak viewing time. There are more viewers than usual. Quite a few.
There are still a lot of domestic car fans, but they are not many compared to the huge population base. But with Zhang Guan's appearance today, many viewers who didn't know much about racing or didn't usually watch racing began to pay attention to today's game.
For some senior car fans, today's game is definitely exciting. The strategic choices of different cars, the overtaking of each other between the drivers, the collision of accidents, and the appearance of the safety car all show the excitement of the game. And for some people who don't know how to appreciate motor sports at all, this is just driving a car around and around again, which seems quite boring.
But today's result is what they want to see. Zhang Guan won the championship, and the China Force Racing Team also took the top two places.
And when the checkered flag at the finish line began to wave and Zhang Guan crossed the finish line under the guidance of the safety car, the audience in front of countless TV sets became excited.
Although many people don't know what it means for a new team to win the championship and how much changes it will bring to the Formula One competition, they can see that Zhang Guan won the first place.
In fact, many sports are like this. As long as the Chinese team can win, the Chinese audience will not care whether they understand or not. They will sit in front of the TV as always and support their country.
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Although it was the weekend, Mr. Liu still stayed in his office.
The "996" work model is popular in many technology industries. However, for managers and decision-makers of a large company, the "996" time is obviously not enough. For example, Mr. Liu has no "rest days" at all. This kind of thing, if possible, he would like to work 24 hours a day.
In front of Mr. Liu were folders one after another, containing documents one after another, waiting for his approval. Although the TV on the wall did not turn on the sound, it was tuned to the sports channel.
Mr. Liu raised his head from time to time and took a look. When he saw Zhang Guan driving the red racing car, he couldn't help but smile.
"I didn't expect that there were so many shots, especially the shot when we turned the corner just now. Our company's LOGO can be seen very clearly. This publicity fee is worth spending. 10 million US dollars can achieve this effect." Mr. Liu said silently Nodding.
Zhang Guan has always been in the first position, so of course he will be given more shots. However, Mr. Liu, who was busy, obviously did not pay much attention to this. Since the TV was in silent mode, Mr. Liu could not hear the commentator's exaggerated praises.
This competition lasted a total of 1 hour and 34 minutes. Before he knew it, Mr. Liu had finished reviewing a large part of the documents. When he raised his head again, the picture had reached the podium.
"Is that Zhang Guan in the middle? He won!" Mr. Liu's eyes widened, but then he immediately discovered that there was another person wearing the same racing suit as him next to Zhang Guan.
That, of course, is Zhang Guan’s teammate Barrichello.
Mr. Liu hurriedly found the TV remote control from a pile of documents and turned up the volume.
The excited voice of the commentator sounded on the TV, and only then did Mr. Liu know that the Force China team had taken the top two places.
"What? Taking the top two places? How is this possible? Aren't the champions all from Ferrari or McLaren? How could it become a new team? This is not the racing car I know!" Mr. Liu suddenly had a look on his face. surprised.
Although Mr. Liu is not a car fan, he still had some knowledge of Formula One before he decided to sponsor the Force China team. He knew that a new team that had just entered Formula One would definitely be at the bottom, and he Sponsoring the Force China team is entirely based on Zhang Guan's reputation.
But the current result is completely different from what he had understood. Not only was China not at the bottom, but it also ranked among the top two.
Mr. Liu suddenly felt like he was surrounded by unexpected surprises.
"We took the top two places! This is a treatment that only big teams like Ferrari have in the past! I never thought that 10 million US dollars in advertising fees could produce the effects that Ferrari only has! It's a profit, it's a big profit... Eh. , wait! I remember there seems to be a bonus clause in the contract, how much is it?"
Mr. Liu suddenly thought about bonuses. The sponsorship contract had stipulations on how much the champion would be rewarded, how much the runner-up would be rewarded, etc.
Mr. Liu found the phone number, called his secretary, and asked him to bring over the sponsorship contract. A moment later, the secretary appeared in front of Mr. Liu with the contract.
"The championship bonus is 2 million U.S. dollars? The runner-up bonus is 1 million U.S. dollars? Isn't that 3 million U.S. dollars? It's only one game, and I have to pay them an extra 3 million U.S. dollars! And it's still U.S. dollars!" Mr. Liu was already sweating on his head. , just now he was shouting that the 10 million dollars was really worth it, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he would spend another 3 million US dollars.
"Mr. Liu, it's actually 4 million U.S. dollars..." the secretary reminded in a low voice: "On the second page, there is also a reward section for the team's results. The team championship is 1 million U.S. dollars, the team runner-up is 800,000 U.S. dollars, and the team third place is 600,000 U.S. dollars. US dollars. In this race, Force China also won the team championship... "
"What! 4 million US dollars?" Mr. Liu turned to the second page and saw the clause. He didn't care about this at all before, but now he was sitting there, almost crying.
Mr. Liu finally remembered the previous contract negotiation. At that time, he offered a price of 15 million US dollars, but Zhang Guan took the initiative to lower the price to 10 million US dollars, but added an additional bonus clause. At that time, he felt that he had saved 5 million US dollars. , and today he has spent 4 million of the 5 million US dollars he saved.
And this is only the first game. There are a total of seventeen games this season. In the remaining sixteen games, if this happens two or three more times, Mr. Liu’s bonus will exceed the total sponsorship fee. .
Mr. Liu has been working hard in the business field for so many years, and he has never been so angry. Not long ago, he was still laughing at Zhang Guan for his simple mind and strong limbs, but now it seems that he is the one with the simple mind.
"That's it, that's all!" Mr. Liu waved his hand. Although the bonus he had to pay was really a bit high, considering that the championship in the sub-station could bring more advertising effects, Mr. Liu still endured it.
"Just think of it as buying a large luxury item!"
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