In the gym, car king Schumacher is training sweating profusely.
Schumacher does not lack driving skills and experience. At his level, even if he has not touched an F1 car for several years, he is still the best driver in the world. It's just that the car king can't resist the erosion of time. For the 40-year-old car king Schumacher, physical strength is his biggest enemy when he returns to the competition.
Schumacher has never stopped exercising on weekdays. He is a person who likes sports. However, driving an F1 car is a high-intensity sport after all, so Schumacher must undergo a lot of training before he is qualified to return to the racing track. .
"Schumi, you don't have to work so hard. Ferrari actually has an alternative. Their test driver Badoer is already ready to make his debut in the European Grand Prix. As for you, you can definitely go to the Belgian Grand Prix at the end of the month, or even next time. I’ll make a comeback in Italy in a few months,” the agent said from the side.
"No, I need to adapt to the car in the European Grand Prix, and when it comes to the Belgian Grand Prix, I want to be on the podium!" Schumacher took a deep breath and then said: "You should know, the Belgian Grand Prix is very important to me. It has special meaning, and the upcoming Italian Grand Prix also has special meaning for Ferrari."
Schumacher won his first F1 championship in the Belgian Grand Prix, and when it comes to the F1 Belgian Grand Prix, it is Schumacher who is recognized as the king. Between 1992 and 2002, Schumacher won a total of six Belgian championships. It can be said that Belgium is the track that Schumacher is best at and the place where his dream began.
As for the Italian Grand Prix, it is Ferrari’s home stadium. For Ferrari fans, the Italian Grand Prix every year is like a pilgrimage, and if Ferrari’s car can win at the Monza circuit in Italy, it will be extremely meaningful. of glory.
The agent sighed helplessly, and then said: "I mean you don't have to be in such a hurry, we still have time, you can take your time."
"You don't understand. When I retired three years ago, I no longer felt the joy that racing brought me. With the development of technology and changes in rules, the car itself became more and more important, and the driver became Secondary. The best driver driving the best car can win the championship, but if a second-rate driver has a fast enough car, he can also get rid of the top drivers driving second-rate cars. This is so boring! Even if you encounter When I went to Alonso, I didn't feel the excitement of that kind of competition. This is not the competition I want, not the car I want!" Schumacher paused and then said: "But it is different now, I found that I have a person, or you can say a 'prey', a 'prey' that interests me very much!"
"You mean Zhang Guan?" the agent asked.
"That's right! It's Zhang Guan. He showed me that when I was young, I would never give up for victory! In order to win the championship, he could run the entire race without stopping and wear all the wet tires into bald tires. Then he continued to run on the rainy ground; he could persist for dozens of laps in fifth gear after the gearbox broke. Only I had done it before, and I may not have been as good as him! That kind of right The desire and persistence to win are exactly the same as when I was young!" Schumacher stepped down from the fitness machine, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and continued: "Zhang Guan's game made my blood boil and made me very urgent. I want to go up and give it a try, and now I have an urge. I really want to return to the racing track as soon as possible, and then seriously compete with Zhang Guan!"
"By the way, speaking of Zhang Guan, have you read the recent news?" the manager asked casually.
"Are you talking about the $500 million bet? I have been driving cars for more than ten years and won seven F1 world championships. I only saved less than one billion and didn't make it. He is good, he is a world champion. You can earn 500 million. I don’t think anyone is so stupid as to make such a bet. I think this is fake news to attract people’s attention. These reporters don’t compile the news decently, they just make it up casually. I'll repay you for one or two million dollars, five hundred million dollars? Haha..." Schumacher shook his head and laughed.
"The $500 million bet is real! Zhang Guan's agent has already issued a statement, and also announced another contract! Didn't you expect it? I didn't expect it to be like this. $500 million Ah, enough to buy two or three teams." The agent sighed.
"Is it true?" Schumacher's eyes widened in surprise: "Is that Maria family crazy? That's 500 million US dollars! How much did they spend to buy the Spyker team before? It seems to be less than 100 million Euros! With so much money, it’s enough to build a championship-level F1 team!”
"Judging from the news disclosed today, not only the Maliya family is crazy, but Zhang Guan is even crazy! Do you know when this bet was signed? It was in December last year. At that time, Zhang Guan was crazy. Guan is not yet the owner of the China Force Racing Team. He does not have an F1 super license and has no experience in driving a racing car. He has never even touched an F1 racing car! Even so, he dared to sign such a bet with the Malia family. . If this bet had been disclosed in December last year, it is estimated that the world's leading psychiatrists would have taken the initiative to contact Zhang Guan!" the agent said with a smile.
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"This must be fake news, 500 million U.S. dollars? Who would be stupid enough to bet 500 million U.S. dollars? I think Zhang Guan's net worth may not even be 500 million U.S. dollars!"
"This fake news is so clumsy. It also produced a photocopy of the contract. You can tell it is fake at a glance. The contract was signed in December last year. At that time, Zhang Guan was not involved in F1 at all. , how could it be possible to make such a bet? "
"Journalists nowadays are becoming more and more unethical. They blatantly make lies in order to attract readers' attention. Such journalists should be prosecuted!"
Almost everyone is questioning the authenticity of the 500 million bet, and the photocopy of the contract is considered to be a product of fraud.
And one day later, when the championship team's statement and another contract appeared, it obviously told the world that the 500 million bet was real. What’s even more interesting is that the contract was signed in December last year!
Countless people's jaws dropped!
"The bet is real! It's US$500 million, the largest bet in history. The signing was in December last year. I remember that at that time, the China Force Racing Team had not yet been established, right?"
"Of course it was not established. Honda hadn't even announced its withdrawal from F1 at that time! Let alone the Force China team."
"So when the contract was signed, Zhang Guan was not the owner of the team, so he dared to sign this bet?"
"I remember a reporter interviewed me before. Before buying the Honda team, Zhang Guan had never driven a racing car. In other words, when he signed this bet, Zhang Guan had never even touched a racing car! I think Zhang Guan is really crazy. , a person who has never driven a racing car dares to use the F1 world championship to sign a bet of 500 million US dollars with others! If it is one or two million, oh, no, even one or two million, I can understand it. This is a total of 500 million U.S. dollars, and the pile must be as high as a hill!"
"I still don't believe it. Was Zhang Guan stupid at that time? By signing this kind of bet, doesn't this mean giving money to others?"
"But now Zhang Guan leads the second place in points by 39 points. There are only seven races left in the competition. Zhang Guan is already very close to the championship! Now it seems that he is going to win, and he will soon earn five points for nothing. Billion dollars.”
"God knows why Zhang Guan dared to sign such a bet! The F1 championship requires not only excellent driving skills, but also a fast car, but Zhang Guan managed to get these two things together within a month or two! I remember someone once said that Zhang Guan was a person favored by God, but now it seems that we should call him the Son of God!"
"Maybe Zhang Guan is really the illegitimate son of God! All this is really incredible! There is a saying, the bold will starve to death and the timid will starve. Others cannot learn from Zhang Guan's courage. However, That Maliya family has been deceived! Five hundred million US dollars will soon be wasted... "
(End of chapter)