Even if Lee Mingzhe doesn't make this call, Zhou Jingming will let the Tianming team prepare for this F1 Chinese Grand Prix.

"Okay, that's it, now there are still three years before the start of the race, I don't know how long it will take to prepare an F1 team, so I said hello to you in advance, and you can arrange the specific time yourself, if you need us to do anything, you just call me, and I will arrange the rest. Lee Ming-che said with a smile.

Zhou Jingming thought for a while, and then said, "Since Minister Li said so, then I really have to speak." ”

"You say, as long as I can do it, I will promise you anything. ”

"I want Tianming Group to be the exclusive sponsor of this Chinese Grand Prix, Minister Li, do you think it's okay?" Zhou Jingming said with a smile.

As a worldwide automobile event, F1 is not much less concerned than the Olympic Games and other events, and Zhou Jingming will certainly not let go of this sponsorship opportunity.

"That's a good thing, where you need to bring it up separately. When Li Mingzhe heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "But this event is jointly organized by the Shencheng City Government and the Automobile Federation, and the Automobile Federation must have no problem there, as for the Shencheng Municipal Government, I will say hello to them in a while, with the status of your Tianming Group in Shencheng, this sponsor will definitely be no problem." ”

It is no exaggeration to say that if Tianming Group wants to make a decision to move out of Shencheng one day, the senior officials of Shencheng will come to talk to Zhou Jingming in person, and the senior officials of Shencheng are half a level higher than Li Mingzhe!

So Li Mingzhe felt that there was no problem with this matter at all, and Zhou Jingming didn't even need to bring it up.

"Okay, then I'll thank Minister Li in advance. After getting Lee Ming-che's promise, Zhou Jingming replied happily.

After the two chatted a few more words, Zhou Jingming hung up the phone.

"What, does Minister Li have any new tasks to arrange for us?" After hanging up the phone, Zhao Ke on the side asked curiously.

"It's about the F1 Grand Prix of the millennium, and Minister Li hopes that we at Tianming Group can form a team to represent China in this race. Zhou Jingming replied.

"Millennial F1 Chinese Grand Prix? isn't there three years left, and besides, you weren't going to do it in the first place. ”

Zhou Jingming once mentioned this matter to Zhao Ke when he introduced the BMW V12 engine, although the 12-cylinder engine used for supercars cannot be compared with the F1 racing engine, but if there is no basis for researching high-performance supercar engines, let alone developing F1 engines.

"It's not that simple to build a team, and it's the most intense and technically demanding Formula 1 race in the automotive event. Zhou Jingming paused, and then continued,

"One of the most important problems we face right now is that we don't have professional F1 cars and drivers, and to be honest, if we were on our own, three years would be enough. ”

F1 racing car is not an ordinary commercial production car, it can be said to represent the highest level of craftsmanship in the entire international automotive industry, and F1 racing also has a variety of rules and restrictions, the same 1.5T engine, the power of F1 racing is far beyond ordinary cars.

In addition, F1 cars also have very high requirements for materials, in a word, without a professional team, it is simply a fool's dream to want to participate in F1 events.

"That's right, we don't even have experience in designing supercars, let alone F1 cars, which is really tricky. Zhao Ke nodded thoughtfully.

"I'm not very worried about racing, haven't we already started to develop a supercar, and it shouldn't be too difficult to transform it into an F1 car based on this supercar, and the most important thing now is to solve the driver's problem as soon as possible. Zhou Jingming said.

When major supercar car manufacturers launch the flagship or commemorative version of the supercar, they will launch the racing version of this car, which is not uncommon in the supercar world, so Zhou Jingming also plans to use this method to obtain the first F1 car of the Tianming team, and by the way, he can also promote this supercar.

Therefore, the top priority is the question of racing drivers, whether it is to train himself from scratch or to sign a famous F1 driver, Zhou Jingming must make a decision as soon as possible.

"And what are you going to do next?"

"In the afternoon, senior brother, you go with me to the team, first understand the specific situation of the team, by the way, by the way, the third brother is also called together, the engine of the F1 car needs to be designed separately, the specific requirements, let the person in charge of the team introduce it to us. Zhou Jingming thought for a moment, and then replied.

Not long after Li Mingzhe made the call, the China Automobile Federation and the Shencheng Municipal Government called Zhou Jingming one after another, expressing their gratitude to the Tianming Group and promising that they would do their best to fulfill any reasonable requests put forward by the Tianming Group.

In addition to the sponsorship, the Shencheng Municipal Government also asked Zhou Jingming to help assist in the promotion of the event, and Zhou Jingming also agreed.

In the afternoon, Zhou Jingming, Zhao Ke and Wang Yuanchao came to the training center of the Tianming team by car.

After nearly ten years of development, the current scale of Tianming Racing Team is getting bigger and bigger, and the events it participates in include dozens of large and small events under the FIA, and the championships won every year are also soft.

In order to support the development of the team, Zhou Jingming not only spent a huge amount of money to build a special training center for the team, and the group will allocate a sum of money every year for the construction of the team, and now the Tianming team, from the technical team, training team, management team, etc., are all world-class level, in addition to the F1 event, the Tianming team has won the championship in any automobile event.

After arriving at the training center, Zhou Jingming soon met Jonathan, the leader of the Tianming team.

As the first driver to sign with the Tianming team, Jonathan represented the team in the WRC Spain Rally Championship in 1988, and won the championship, starting his almost legendary career with the Tianming team.

During his nine years at Tianming Racing, Jonathan won eight races, five world championships, and became a veritable star driver in the WRC and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Last year, Jonathan, who was over 30 years old, officially announced his retirement due to physical reasons, and began to serve as the general team leader and technical director of the Tianming team, responsible for the preparation and guidance of the Tianming team's various events, and continued to shine here.

"Chairman, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Wang, why are you here?" After living in China for nine years, Jonathan can also speak fluent Chinese.

"I'm going to take a look at the team's training and I'll tell you one thing by the way. Zhou Jingming smiled, and then continued, "If I'm not mistaken, our Tianming team has won all the championships except F1, are you interested in winning an F1 trophy for our team??" ？”

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