215 The Press Conference Exploded (Chapter 3)
The location of the Renault press conference is located in the press room of Park Hyatt Hotel Vendom Paris. When Zhang Yifei arrived, the scene was already crowded...a`These are European media reporters invited by Renault, intending to use their hands to promote the Formula Renault series.
At this time, a Renault staff member stepped forward and led Zhang Yifei and Cosel to a special lounge. He will wait for the press conference to be held here, and sit on the rostrum as a driver's representative, and join the Renault event operation department to accept questions and interviews from reporters.
"Cosell, what will you ask me later?"
Zhang Yifei sat on the sofa and asked Cosell next to him. He had never experienced such a scene before and had no experience.
"Ask some questions about your feelings about the Renault event, and then you can just say a few polite words."
The protagonist of this kind of press conference is not the driver, but mainly held by Renault to promote his own event development plan.
So the focus of the question is not on the drivers. At most, it is just a few words of scenes, and then the party is the focus of today.
"I see."
Zhang Yifei nodded, probably just to make himself a clay Buddha on stage. When answering, he brags about the Renault event, which is quite simple.
After about ten minutes, a Renault staff member knocked in and informed Zhang Yifei that the press conference was about to start and that he could go to the press room.
Upon hearing this notice, Zhang Yifei also stood up and walked out of the lounge. Under the leadership of the staff, he went to the hotel's press room.
When we arrived at the backstage channel of the launch hall, a group of people were already waiting to appear. The leader was a middle-aged French man. Just then, Junko Takeda gave him an introduction. This person was Carlos Ghosn, vice president of Renault Group.
The press conference is so high that even the vice president of the group is here?
Zhang Yifei muttered in his heart that the Renault Formula can only be regarded as a very small part of the Renault Group, and under normal circumstances, the event part is specifically responsible.
It is difficult for the vice president to appear at the press conference of such promotional events, so he felt very strange and surprised.
However, the decision of Renault's senior executives is not something that outsiders like Zhang Yifei can understand. Anyway, he feels that he just makes up the numbers and no one has much to do with him.
But Zhang Yifei soon discovered that there was also his "acquaintance" on the other end of the showway, and he was one of his opponents on the track, Robert Kubica!
Unexpectedly, there were more than one driver representative today, and Kubica also attended.
But it's normal to think about it again. Kubica is currently the official test driver of Renault and has a close relationship with Renault. In addition, he is one of the seed players of this European Cup, so it is reasonable to invite him here.
Kubica naturally saw Zhang Yifei. The two of them looked at each other and a trace of gunpowder appeared. After all, Kubica regarded Zhang Yifei as his number one enemy and Zhang Yifei surpassed it at the beginning. Kubica did not forget this kind of failure and humiliation.
But soon this eye confrontation was interrupted, and the staff notified Zhang Yifei to follow Renault's management and walk out of the cutscene passage.
After passing through the passage and standing on the rostrum of the press room, Zhang Yifei saw hundreds of reporters sitting below the audience.
After they saw Renault's management come out, they aimed the camera in their hands at the rostrum, and the flash "scratch, rubbing" kept flashing.
So many reporters and dense flashes made Zhang Yifei shudder, but he quickly calmed down. In front of so many reporters, he couldn't embarrass himself, and he had to show off his posture!
So he looked calm and composed, sat in the position with his name written on it, and then looked forward with his head high.
After everyone took the seat, the personnel from the Renault Event Operations Department began to introduce the development of the Renault Formula race, some future plans, etc. At the same time, they promoted a wave of current results of the Renault Formula, indicating that it has surpassed the old Formula Formula and became the most influential Formula car in the world.
When Zhang Yifei came, he had a clear idea of these contents, but soon something unexpected happened, that is, Renault vice president Carlos Ghosn announced that Renault had completed the acquisition of Bennetton and would soon return to the F1 arena.
The news was like dropping a deep water bomb. In an instant, the reporters in the audience started to go crazy and wanted to ask about the details of the acquisition and the plans for the Renault F1 team in the future.
When Zhang Yifei saw this scene, he finally remembered that in history, the Benetton team was acquired by Renault in 2000, but still retained its original name to participate in the 2001 season. Until 2002, the team was officially changed to Renault, and since then, the Benetton team has become history.
No wonder there will be a vice president-level attending this press conference today. It turns out that the real focus is Renault's return to the F1 arena!
The focus of the next question is about Renault’s acquisition. It is obvious that Renault also wants to take advantage of this opportunity to expand the influence of its F1 team, and basically answered reporters’ questions in detail.
As time goes by, the press conference finally comes to an end, and it is the turn to ask questions from the representatives of the two Formula Renault drivers.
In fact, the reporters also understood that the driver representatives were not the focus of the press conference, so they asked Kubica a few regular questions just like a formality. I just didn’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and no reporter asked Zhang Yifei.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Yifei felt a little unhappy, which was obviously an ignorance of himself. Unexpectedly, he had already won the sub-station championship, and the mainstream European racing media still had not accepted him as a Chinese driver.
However, in this case, Zhang Yifei could only endure it. Anyway, he just made up the numbers and it would not make much sense to say a few nonsense.
But at this moment, a reporter stood up and suddenly asked a sharp question: "Mr. Kubica, have you seen the response of driver Fei to your accusations of dangerous driving? What do you want to say about this?"
During the interview with Zhang Yifei "whitewashing", he responded to Kubica's accusation of dangerous overtaking. At that time, Zhang Yifei was full of anger and answered very arrogantly, but he almost didn't name Kubica as a coward who was afraid of being overtaken.
When the interview and report came out later, it caused a great sensation, which directly reversed Zhang Yifei's personal image. It also turned Kubika's accusations into jokes. Some people even quoted Zhang Yifei's words and mocked Kubika for being worthy of looking up at the podium.
The staff of Renault's event department gave a wink at Kubica. Such obviously triggered questions would either be skipped or just say a few polite words.
Kubica's face at this moment could drip out of water. This was Zhang Yifei's humiliation to himself and the scar in Kubica's heart. It has now been revealed in public.
At this time, he looked at Zhang Yifei, but found that the other party didn't care at all, and even looked at him with a playful look.
That's right! Zhang Yifei didn't think anything was wrong with his original statement. When Kubika felt humiliated, did he consider how much impact his remarks caused by the drivers' joint accusations would have on his career?
Repaying grievances with kindness is never Zhang Yifei's style. Repaying grievances with straightness is the concept he believes in.
Zhang Yifei's actions instantly made Kubika's new and old hatreds surge into his heart. He picked up the microphone and replied: "That's just his quibbling!"
"Flying malicious overtaking was completely disregarding the safety of other drivers, which aroused the dissatisfaction of almost everyone at that time. Otherwise, why would there be so many drivers jointly testify?"
When Kubica said this, the atmosphere at the scene began to change. It is rare to publicly accusations at such press conferences. Especially when there is a Renault party tonight, if Zhang Yifei does not explain and clarify, it will have a negative impact on the communication between the convoy in the evening.
"Mr. Zhang Yifei, do you have anything to say about Mr. Kubica's remarks?"
"A coward always likes to make excuses for himself."
Zhang Yifei replied lightly, without any impact.
"Who is the coward you said!"
Kubica exploded directly. Zhang Yifeiyue was so calm that he felt a humiliation of contempt, as if the other party did not regard himself as an opponent at all.
"But it was not Kubica who blamed him alone, and other drivers also thought so."
The reporter seized the key point and wanted to hear how Zhang Yifei faced public anger?
"Sorry, I'm not targeting Kubica, I mean the blame is all cowards."
When Zhang Yifei said this, the entire press room suddenly became quiet. Even Kubika, who was already excited and angry on the stage, looked at Zhang Yifei in surprise.
Is this kid having a problem with his mind? He offended all Renault drivers in this class?
Even the Renault management on the stage looked at each other. They originally just invited two Renault formulas to demonstrate the good operation of Renault events, but they did not expect such a scene to happen.
Moreover, this Chinese driver Fei is a little too arrogant. I am afraid that no driver in the history of Formulas dares to say that?
After a brief silence, it was like water dripping into a oil pan, and the reporters on the scene all fryed it.
"Mr. Zhang Yifei, are you despising your opponent?"
"Driver Fei, do you think your remarks are too arrogant?"
"Mr. Zhang Yifei, have you considered the impact of these remarks and even triggered other drivers to fight back against you?"
Various questions flocked to him. When Renault staff saw that something was wrong, they prepared to end the press conference and invited Zhang Yifei and the others back to the backstage lounge.
However, at this time, Zhang Yifei stood up and said in a cold tone: "I don't underestimate any opponents, on the contrary, I respect those brave men on the track!"
Chapter completed!