The heavy rain continued, but there were already crowds of people under the podium.
Zhang Guan stood on the podium and looked around. The audience was everywhere in his sight. They stood there in the rain, letting the rain get them wet. When Zhang Guan took the stage, the audience burst into deafening cheers.
"There are so many people! I have never seen so many spectators at an awards ceremony!" Ross Brown next to him exclaimed. At this time, he finally understood why Zhang Guan insisted on taking first place in this competition. , and even use the strategy of not entering the station to fight. With such an enthusiastic audience, it is indeed worth doing.
Zhang Guan has become accustomed 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 were waving in the hands of the audience. The Force China team did not have the heritage of Ferrari, nor did it have a dedicated "Prancing Horse" flag, but one flag was enough. Because in this race, the driver's champion is Chinese, and the team's champion is also a Chinese team.
The constructors' championship is calculated based on the combined points earned by the team's two drivers. The first place in the race was Zhang Guan, who got 10 points, while Red Bull Racing took the second and third places, getting 8 points and 6 points respectively, which is the total of Red Bull Racing in this race. 14 points were obtained, and the fourth place in the competition was Barrichello of the Force China Team. Although he had no chance to get on the podium, he scored 5 points, so the Force China Team had a total of 14 points in this race. Earned 15 points, 1 more than Red Bull Racing, and thus won the constructor championship.
So far, in the first three races completed, the China Force team has won all the driver championships and team championships, two runner-ups and one fourth place. The team points are far ahead of other teams with 39 points. Judging from the results, China is much stronger than other teams, and can even be said to have a crushing advantage.
As a new team, it is truly unprecedented to be able to achieve such results. While people are amazed, they are also accompanied by other emotions, such as envy, jealousy, hatred, and regret.
In Japan, Honda President Takeo Fukui looked at the quarterly financial report in his hand, his face full of depression. Against the background of the financial crisis, Honda's global car sales have continued to decline, and its first-quarter financial report was even more disastrous.
"Hey..." Takeo Fukui sighed. He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. 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 Honda's board of directors and one of Fukui's supporters on the board.
"Hashimoto, this is Takeo Fukui." Takeo Fukui said into the phone.
"President Fukui, I don't know if you watched the just-concluded Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. The Chinese Force team won the constructor championship again." Hashimoto said.
"Oh, then aren't they three consecutive champions?" Fukui Fukui said.
"Yes, we won all the first three races of the season, which is a great result. But this is not good news for us." Hashimoto continued: "I just received some rumors , there are many people within the board of directors who regret the sale of the Honda team very much. They believe that if we had not sold the team, the current championship would belong to us. So they are likely to discuss the sale at the next board meeting. I’m going to ask you about the team’s affairs..."
"What!" Fukui Fukui's face suddenly became embarrassed.
He had no intention of continuing to study last quarter's financial report. Instead, he hurriedly ended the call with Hashimoto, opened the web page, and found the news about the victory of the Force China team.
In the picture accompanying the news, it was Zhang Guan spraying champagne.
"Zhang Guan won the championship again, Force China also won the championship! Three consecutive championships! If I had known this earlier, I would never have sold the team!" Fukui Fukui felt a deep regret in his heart.
Two months ago, Honda sold the Honda team, and two months later, the team they abandoned has won the Formula One team championship for three consecutive races, and is far ahead in the overall results, arrogant among the others. .
Force China has proved with their results that they are not only not a bad team, but also the best among them. For Honda, the deal to sell the Honda team is a huge loss!
A championship team was sold for US$80 million, and there was no doubt that everyone lost money. Furthermore, Formula One's championship team cannot be simply measured in terms of money. Besides, a large multinational company like Honda doesn’t have to wait for $80 million to save its life.
At this time, some people in China are regretting, but their regret is accompanied by happiness.
"Millions of dollars are gone again..." Mr. Liu took the calculator and pressed numbers on it: "The driver champion will receive an additional reward of 2 million U.S. dollars. This time there is no runner-up. The fourth place will get 5 points. , it’s 500,000 US dollars, the team championship is another 1 million US dollars, and it’s 3.5 million US dollars!”
Mr. Liu sighed, feeling even more painful in his heart.
The Force China team took the top two spots in the Australian Grand Prix, which cost Mr. Liu an extra US$4 million. It was the same situation in the Malaysian Grand Prix a week later, and Mr. Liu once again spent an extra US$4 million. Including the original sponsorship fee of 10 million, the total is 18 million US dollars, which is already 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.
But the publicity effect is definitely there, and it’s very good. Especially in the Chinese Grand Prix, countless Force China racing cars appeared in the camera, and the company's logo also appeared on TV screens again and again.
"This is only the third race. There are 14 more races to come. If Zhang Guan wins a few more championships, the company's cash flow will not have to do anything else in the next quarter!" Mr. Liu was thinking about the phone. The voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Mr. Liu, as soon as the market opened this morning, our company's stock price immediately stopped rising!"
"Oh?" Mr. Liu immediately became vigilant and said, "It went up to the limit as soon as the market opened. Is it a malicious takeover?"
"No, it seems to be because of yesterday's F1 Chinese Grand Prix. I checked specifically and found that the stocks of several other teams that sponsor Force China have also reached their limit." said the other end of the phone.
"It turns out that it is for this reason that you continue to stare at the disk." Mr. Liu put down the phone.
However, the next second, the phone rang again.
"Mr. Liu, I just received a call from Qingcheng City. The land on the seaside we want has been approved. Let's go through the procedures."
"Has it really been approved?" Mr. Liu stood up excitedly, and then asked: "What's going on? I've been to Qingcheng in person no less than seven or eight times, and no one is willing to let the land go, so why was it approved? Already?"
"The staff there said that they didn't approve it before because their city leadership didn't understand our company. With such a big piece of land, they didn't dare to let go easily. But after watching Zhang Guan's racing match yesterday, they just Knowing that we are a big brand and our advertisements are spread internationally, including our advertisements on F1 racing cars, they approved the land and invited us to visit the local investment environment... "
Mr. Liu felt much relieved immediately, and the feeling of being cut into pieces disappeared instantly.
"It's worth it. It helped me get this piece of land. The extra 3.5 million I spent yesterday was really worth it!"
Chapter 1 delivered! Yesterday, there was another new leader. Thank you for your support! I’m going home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow, so I don’t have time to add more updates. Before the weekend, I’ll make up for the leader’s extra update for Liu Shui Ceng Chou Wu Rui! Thanks again.
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