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"Skin's shovel! This is a malicious smear. They united to target Fei Ge!"
When He Ziling saw the news report, when he said the translation content, Ah Hu jumped up on the spot.
He was very angry at the moment, and these media were too capable of taking things out of context!
Chen Zhi's emotions were similar, but this kind of thing could not be solved by fists, so he was not as excited as Ah Hu.
On the contrary, Zhang Yifei was very calm after seeing it. Maybe he had experienced the 21st century online society and understood that Europe and the United States were not a paradise.
There are not too many things to target Chinese athletes in later generations, such as Yao Ming’s contempt when he first entered the NBA, Sun Yang was implicitly mocked by his Australian opponents, Zou Shiming’s “pirate style” in his professional fight, and being ridiculed by foreign netizens for running around, etc.
However, the media was not developed in this era, and many Chinese people believed that the European and American world was a paradise on earth. A famous movie "Chinese Partners" later generations talked about Chinese college students in the 1980s and 1990s. Their only goal was to immigrate to the United States and have a "American Dream".
So it’s not that the other party is too dark, but that many people don’t know that they think Europe and the United States are too beautiful before.
"Yifei, such reports will cause damage to your image. If you do not have absolute strength to get a team contract, you need to rely on sponsorship to enter the F1 team. The sponsor will consider more when facing drivers with negative images."
Junko Takeda finally said the same thing as He Lang. In Formula One, in addition to drivers who officially signed the team contract, there are also sponsored paid drivers.
Sponsorship is to find a wealthy financial supporter father. For example, an industry giant like China Mobile, who only barely passes the driver's strength but does not reach absolute strength, and uses money to smash the driver into the F1 team. This is called sponsoring paid drivers.
Generally speaking, paid drivers are relatively weak, but there are also strong people with exceptions. For example, the car god Senna, who brought Brazilian sponsorship and paid to enter F1, but he himself did not admit it later.
In addition, Alonso, the F1 champion in 2005, is a typical sponsored paying driver.
There are other examples, such as Japanese driver Takuma Sato. Although he is not a sponsor of paid driver, he also has the shadow of Honda behind his signing in the F1 team.
In fact, there is no big problem with paying for sponsorship. Other rich second generations all pick up girls on yachts. These rich second generations are trying to die for Formula One, which is also a life choice.
"This is what some people want to achieve, and their methods are quite clever."
Zhang Yifei sneered and said, Renault is now a hot springboard, and many drivers want to get to the top of the sky in one step.
If you show a certain strength and have such a huge market behind China, if any sponsor wants to open up market sponsorship, it is likely that it will not be a big problem to enter the f1 directly without exaggerating the exaggeration of the situation.
China is actually Zhang Yifei's biggest trump card and potential advantage. The market and influence of a population of 1.2 billion cannot be ignored by any fleet or sponsor.
If Zhang Yifei is low-key and has poor driving skills, he is likely to receive positive reviews and encouragement in Europe, just like the old saying before, because Zhang Yifei is not threatened.
But unfortunately, Zhang Yifei is different from previous Asian drivers. Not only does he break in at a high profile, he also makes various "arrogant" remarks. More importantly, he is on the podium at the first stop and shows his strength and potential.
There is no doubt that for some drivers, Zhang Yifei's performance is equivalent to stealing all the attention, covering up their light, and it is even more difficult to be noticed by sponsors and teams. It becomes unrealistic to get to the sky in one step.
Disregard for contempt and racial discrimination are actually just superficial factors. If you can participate in Formula Racing at a young age, most of the families are either rich or noble, far beyond the knowledge of their peers, so that they will never be stupid.
Without conflicts of interest, contempt will not become a reason for them to make enemies. Smiling on the surface but MMP in the heart is normal.
Just like the old saying, it is polite in words and business in the heart. The fundamental reason is that Zhang Yifei showed competitiveness and began to grab the cake of European drivers, which triggered this "public outrage" scene.
Many drivers may not take the initiative to cause trouble for Zhang Yifei, but once Zhang Yifei appears in himself, they will definitely not mind "find-up".
I guess Madu was thinking this way. Even though he didn't expect the sponsor to be so far away from the convoy, it would be enough to take the opportunity to discredit Zhang Yifei and vent the resentment in his heart.
"The means are very clever and will have an impact on future sponsorship."
"What's the impact? I've never thought of being a paid driver and just getting the team's official driver contract. No F1 team will refuse to join the champion."
Zhang Yifei replied with an extremely domineering sentence!
To put it bluntly, no matter whether He Lang or Junko Takeda, she didn't have the confidence in her heart. She couldn't imagine that Zhang Yifei had the absolute ability to crush her. She was directly attracted by the F1 team and signed a driver's contract.
That's why they consider personal image issues in various ways, whether it will affect the sponsor's decisions, etc., and they are more of the idea of relying on sponsors to enter the F1 fleet.
In fact, it is not their fault. A driver from a country without any formulas can get sponsorship and enter the F1 team. He wants to sign a driver contract with his strong strength. At present, it is similar to daydream.
Even Sato Takuma, the strongest driver in Japan, still held Honda's thigh and helped Zhang Yifei find a thigh. It was natural.
"It is a good thing to be confident, but you also have to make plans for both. I will contact Toyota's Public Relations Department to see if I can make an appointment with a few reporters to write a press release to help you clarify these false accusations."
Zhang Yifei is very familiar with Junko Takeda's technique. He is the operation of later celebrities hyping up writing press releases and buying hot topics. However, the Internet is not developed in this era and it relies more on paper media.
Of course, the price is much more expensive. After all, the price of bribing several big Vs to post on Weibo is far lower than the cost of bribing media and newspapers and TV.
"Muko, if it's too difficult, don't force me. I'm really not affected."
Zhang Yifei gave instructing, his tone was a little helpless, and he could only say that at this stage, he could only be regarded as an inconspicuous little character.
No matter how confident they are, they feel like they are bragging and talking big. Even if Junko Takeda and the others don’t make it clear or laugh at Zhang Yifei, this kind of plan to prepare both hands is undoubtedly a sign of lack of confidence.
"I know, do my best."
Junko Takeda didn't realize Zhang Yifei's true meaning. She thought Zhang Yifei thought it was too difficult to find a reporter to whitewash, so she didn't want to bother herself.
I can only say that the thinking differences between two people in different eras are really big...
After this matter was confirmed, Zhang Yifei was too lazy to continue to worry about it. Formula racing is a sports event, but it is still somewhat different from those in the Olympics because it is a pure commercial sport.
The mall is like a battlefield, and the means of intrigue are normal. Even if you are teammates from the same team in F1, there are many people who turn against each other because of the championship battle.
Now these drivers of the Renault Formula are using some means to attack their opponents, Zhang Yifei doesn't feel unacceptable.
However, Madu was also recorded in a small notebook by Zhang Yifei. If he had the chance, he would definitely rub the kid hard!
After the team members dispersed, Zhang Yifei performed his physical exercise as usual, and his luggage was packed, so he was waiting to go to Heidelberg, Germany tomorrow.
Compared with the current image issue, he cares more about whether he can impress Yukyo Yamamoto's mentor.
This is a Ph.D. in racing engineer and a member of McLaren's strategy team in the late 1980s. It brings not only guidance on the race, but also a deep connection behind it.
When entering the F1 team, in addition to strength, it also requires some luck and relationship.
Just like Ma Qinghua, the first Chinese driver to enter F1 in later generations, it is full of chance that he can enter the HRT team.
Because he knew Jin Yong, the president of the Spanish Youth Chamber of Commerce, and Jin Yong accidentally met the boss of the HRT team at a Spring Festival gathering, so he made a match to help Ma Qinghua open a door to the F1 team.
However, due to his limited strength, Ma Qinghua did not become a formal driver and got a chance to play. Moreover, he did not get a large sponsorship and went through the channels of paid drivers.
In the end, I could only leave the Formula field and enter the lower-cost RV event.
But it is no wonder that Ma Qinghua has achieved great results in the RV Championship. Not only did he win the championship in the domestic RV Championship, but he even won two sub-station championships.
However, when Ma Qinghua won the championship, he was already in a state of half-dead. Few factories were willing to participate in the competition, and the value of the goods dropped seriously.
But after he participated in the reorganization in 2019, he won the sub-station championship again, which was much more valuable, basically establishing the position of the number one player in the domestic RV race.
It is also among the world's top RV players. Chinese drivers have a place, which is a historical breakthrough.
The next morning, the team members gathered in the restaurant, which was also a habit of Zhang Yifei and his friends, turning breakfast time into "conference" time.
Junko Takeda has very heavy dark circles and obviously didn't sleep well last night because she not only had to contact Toyota's public relations department, but also had to retrieve Madu's driver information from Renault.
I even had to communicate with Toyota's European Tournament Organization to see if I could obtain background information about Madou, so I was busy until very late last night and basically didn't have much rest.
"Yifei, this is the detailed information about No. 19 driver Madu, you can check it out."
After saying that, Junko Takeda handed Zhang Yifei a stack of printed documents.
Zhang Yifei took the information from Junko Takeda, then opened it and read it carefully.
Madu is an Italian, 16 years old this year. He has been involved in karting since he was 8 years old and has participated in karting events such as the German karting Grand Prix, Monaco karting Grand Prix and elfmaste.
However, Madu's karting performance was not good, and he only reached the podium once, and sometimes he wandered in the back of the middle.
All he could persist and even enter the Renault European Cup 2000 because he had a strong background and once again verified that Formula Racing was a game of fighting for his father.
Madu is the founder of F1 Minardi team and the son of Giancarlo Minardi. His full name is Madu Minardi.
Minardi team is considered an old-fashioned team in Formula Racing. It was founded in 1979, made its fortune from the European F2 Championship, and then gradually developed to 1985, and finally entered the F1 team sequence.
This team is not well-known in later generations. Because of its performance for many years, it has never won a pole position or a podium in the branch. As for the championship, let alone the championship.
The reason why Zhang Yifei knew about this team was because it trained two F1 players, Alonso and Weber. At the same time, the first Chinese F1 official driver, Xiong Long, also debuted in Minardi. At that time, domestic media reported it.
Later in 2005, Minardi's team was acquired by Red Bull and became the second team of Red Bull, which was later commonly known as the "Little Red Bull".
But Zhang Yifei never expected that he would meet the son of the founder Minardi and even attack him.
"Munko, it turns out that Madu has this background, no wonder he can do it."
"Well, the information shows that this is his first time participating in Formula III. As a result, he rushed out of the track in the first qualifying round. He did not have the main points. I guess he has a deep grudge against you."
Hearing this, Zhang Yifei sneered: "Just judging from his karting results, even if he didn't make it out of the track in the qualifying competition, he probably wouldn't get any good results. I want to give this blame to me?"
"Minardi is a veteran team, especially in the f3f3000 level race, which has a great influence. If Madu continues to target you, it may be very troublesome."
"If he doesn't have strength on the track, he can't target me. Minardi's team is in a stagnant stage and can't affect anything."
Zhang Yifei was not very worried. In addition to his seniority, Minardi was at the bottom of the F1 team, regardless of his grades, funds, and skills.
When I first entered the game, I was pretty good. The investment in the F1 team ranked in the top three, but all kinds of investments were not put into technical research and development, which led to serious backward racing performance and no good drivers were left at all, and entered a vicious cycle.
In a few years, it will be acquired by Red Bull. Now it is said that it is surviving, and there is no big problem.
"Brother Fei, let me and Brother Zhi also tell me what happened."
Ah Hu listened to the conversation between Zhang Yifei and Junko Takeda, but he couldn't hear it. He had been too anxious to be there.
Seeing that the two of them came to an end, they finally couldn't help but ask.
"Zi Ling, please translate with them."
After Zhang Yifei finished speaking, he handed the information in his hand to He Ziling. She was considered an English teacher between Ah Hu and Chen Zhi, so she simply asked her to translate it.
To be continued...