Chapter 098: Top Competition
Wu Yonglei came and went quickly, and after a day in Lu Xiancheng's vineyard, he went to Paris, while Lu Xiancheng put everything down and stayed quietly with his family, waiting for the opening of the world's No. 1 Triumphal Arch Grand Prix.
The big shock now is not what it was when they first came to Europe, when many European media did not pay attention to Chinese horse racing, and there was even a trace of prejudice against the so-called two champions, and their understanding in their hearts was still staying: Chinese also play horse racing? Although Gushan once shocked Europeans with the prize money of the race, many people in Europe still stubbornly believe that Gushan is a group of explosive households, and the level of horse racing is estimated to be unacceptable.
But the big shock was very powerful, with two races to make the French media realize their strength, two championships in two races, and a big victory of four and a half and five positions to win the championship, entered the final of the Arc de Triomphe competition, the last preliminaries of the result of 2:24:37, the result surpassed the 2:24:6 set by Peintre Celebre in '97, and is now worthy of the name of the first favorite.
And this result is not the best performance of Da Zhen, Da Zhen's best time on the Gushan grass is 2:23:2, for the upcoming Arc de Triomphe Grand Prix, Gao Ren's performance in front of the media has always been full of confidence.
Only Lu Xiancheng was a little worried, because in the Arc de Triomphe Grand Prix, the Japanese horse did not come out on top.
Speaking of which, the little devil is also unlucky, bent on conquering the Arc de Triomphe, but every time he comes with great interest, he walks with a gray face, and the best result is a runner-up, the big shock of the previous life is so bullish to run to France, and the preliminaries are also the champions, and they are also the first favorite to enter the game, but unfortunately at the end of the game, they only got a third, and finally the French found out what drugs were used, and the results were canceled.
Of course, Lao Lu didn't know such details, but Lao Lu knew that the little devil's horse had never won the Arc de Triomphe Grand Prix once, just like a Japanese horse was overtaken by a foreign horse near the finish line, and the Japanese anchor who did the live broadcast on the spot said: At this moment, the dream of the whole of Japan is shattered!
Lao Lu is also afraid that the bad luck of the little devil will bring him with a smile on his face, but when facing the media, he still maintains a modest attitude, so as not to be slapped in the face after being too arrogant.
This is the first time that there is a Chinese horse in the world's race, Lu Xiancheng does not care about this name, but Gushan's "Horse Racing" magazine has made a big report, many domestic horse fans know that this is the first time that a Chinese horse has participated in the world's top grass race, and it is also the first favorite. Some sites even have text live streams.
There is also a horse representing China in the world's top races, the Chinese in France showed quite enthusiasm, many people in the interview said that they are ready to go to Longchamp Racecourse to cheer for the big shock.
On the day of the official start of the competition, Lu Xiancheng was dressed in formal clothes and took his wife and children to watch the race at Longshang Racecourse. Lao Lu is not a family, but a large group of people have put together a team, and there are quite a lot of people in the team, including Du Guohao, Ye Yihong and Zhang Qiang, Zhu Zihua and You Guangfu have made a temporary family, and Geng Haiwen and Song Xiaojiang who only have children, anyway, a large group of people go together like fighting wolves. It is not realistic for so many people to take a small car, and it is troublesome to drive so many cars, not to mention that there is no traffic jam in France, and it is not easy for Longchamp to find a place to park at this time.
Fortunately, everyone is a gentleman, and this matter is not difficult for everyone, Du Guohao directly bought a Haoba here, and all the people in the brain were installed, as if a football player participated in a game. A cart of men of all sizes, dressed in suits and leather shoes, women dressed up in fancy clothes, and each with a whimsical hat on his head.
Once they arrived, the crowd naturally divided into two groups, women and children, and men sat together and talked about the upcoming race.
"Did you win after buying the big shock?" Lu Xiancheng asked a few people.
Du Guohao said: "How to buy? If you buy it, you won't make any money, so what else will you buy, and then you will get the money back when you buy it? Isn't that sick?"
Ye Yihong also said with a smile here: "Anyway, when we go to see it, the odds of the big shock are 1:1, and there is really nothing to buy."
"That's all the odds?" Lu Xiancheng couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Ye Yihong's words, this odds are really not funny.
"The main thing is that the performance of the preliminaries is too eye-catching, you said that you have nothing to do, what are you doing so fast, if I meet Gu Changhe later, I have to tell him, I took a look at it in the morning, 1:1.3 still didn't make a head," Zhang Qiang said with a smile.
Lu Xiancheng, who came back to his senses, looked at the group of people around him and said with a smile: "A group of people look like dogs, they are all stingy ghosts, even if they buy dozens of euros to cheer up the big shock?" βγ
"We're all here, it's not enough to give a big shock face," Zhu Zihua said with a smile.
Zhang Qiang also said: "I also said that we don't give you face, let me tell you, the two surnamed Jiao and the surname Tao have both arrived in Gushan, and no one from us has seen them, and you said that this face is not for you."
"I'm quite speechless when I mention these two people," Lu Xiancheng said with a bitter face: "At that time, everything was good, but now you make everyone's face look bad."
"Wu Yonglei is trustworthy?" Zhu Zihua looked at Lu Xiancheng and asked lightly. Zhu Zihua has always been not very interested in Wu Yonglei, and has a little opinion.
Lu Xiancheng said: "I can't talk about any trust, this kid's heart has nothing but political achievements, if one day I can be promoted to the provincial level, this kid is ready to carry a big knife to rush to the front, I am here to try it, if it doesn't work out, then the factory will not be done, who you love, who you want to do in the country, why is it so difficult!" βγ
"Okay, you don't complain, you're hard, right? It's really hard when you haven't seen it yet! At this time, You Guangfu, who was nesting in the seat, opened his eyes: "I think when I ran the company, I told you more than 20 chapters, each chapter has to run for two or three days, this is quite smooth, I told you that there is a chapter I ran for nearly two months, either the leader is not here today, or the leader is in a meeting, or the leader is on a business trip, who am I going to be angry, if you have this temperament to run, you must not wipe people's necks directly." After this paragraph, you will find that the efficiency of work is now like taking a plane."
Du Guohao said: "Okay, okay, Lao You, don't remember the bittersweet thoughts, say something else, is Xiancheng interested in making an island?" βγ
When Lu Xiancheng heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "No, I spent money to buy a property right of thirty or forty yuan, and after investing a sum of money to do it, I found that the time for renting is almost up, so I'm not interested!" βγ Speaking of the sky, this island is not your own, Lu Xiancheng has been by Tao Jiao and the two now, and he really doesn't want to dwell on this kind of messy thing anymore.
"Who said that in China, we are going to invest in a vacation island in the Pacific Ocean, the area cannot be too small, and we are professional in doing high-roller business like you" Zhu Zihua smiled at Lu Xiancheng.
"Then I don't have any problems, how to draw shares and how much money do I need to invest?" Hearing this, Lu Xiancheng looked around, and found that everyone nodded slightly, so he asked.
A group of men are together, and there are generally two themes to talk about, making money and women, and like Du Guohao's gang, women have nothing to talk about, whose women are beautiful, whose women are not beautiful, what is there to talk about in the hearts of these people, and who envy whose women are more beautiful? The only topic that everyone can talk about is business.
When they arrived at Longshang Racecourse, several people had already negotiated their own share ratio and due share, and the funds and everything were roughly discussed.
Entering the racecourse, Lu Xiancheng did not enter any horse chairman, but stayed with his friends.
Lu Xiancheng was a little worried in his heart, but as the game got closer and closer, this worry gradually became less, and he watched the game intently.
And at this time, the old man Gao Ren who was preparing, his mood was getting more and more nervous, this was the first time that the horse he trained participated in such a race, and the results in the preliminaries were great, and today's shock was also very good, and the spirit was great, and he couldn't help but let Gao Ren's expectations for the competition be a little higher, although he was ready to do so, and then handed over the results to God, but for every trainer, such a championship is a dream.
The last time Gao Ren stood on the stage of such a world-class top competition was twenty years ago, and he never thought that he could appear in the world's highest level grass court competition in his life, and the old man felt that his heart was beating a little faster than usual today.
"Remember......" Gao Ren once again asked Gu Changhe to come together, and after spitting out a few words from his mouth, he smiled first: "Forget it, I've said this three times."
After speaking, he patted Gu Changhe on the shoulder: "Run hard, give full play to the strength of you and Da Zhen, and we will be able to bring the championship back."
"I see!" Gu Changhe nodded, feeling that the old man Gao Ren's hand on his shoulder was shaking a little, and he couldn't help but show a little smile on his face.
Gu Changhe was very strange, he originally thought that he would be nervous to death today, just like the first race in France, he was nervous that day and only slept for less than four hours, but last night he slept until dawn and slept for eight hours, and now his mental state is very good, and even Gu Changhe feels that he is in the best state since he stepped on the track today.
didn't think about whether he won the championship or not, and put aside the content of the reporter's interview with him a few days ago, and now Gu Changhe is concerned about his own race, and he doesn't even care about other riders and their horses. Everything is so good today, I'm very good, the big shock is also very good, even the track that Gao Ren has been pumping out of his hands is very good, the 8th lane, which makes people want to laugh with satisfaction.
Gu Changhe believes that just like Gao Ren said, as long as he is shocked and gives full play to his due strength, then he will win this game!
Smiling at Gao Ren, Gu Changhe turned around and walked towards the weighing place with his own horse whip and saddle and other equipment, according to the requirements of the competition, the big shock is a three-year-old horse, so its weight is 56 kilograms, including the saddle, as well as Gu Changhe's weight, Gu Changhe is only more than ninety pounds, so the staff had to put two kilograms of counterweight in the weight bag.
βBonnechanceβ
The staff of the horse farm prepared the saddle and said a word of French to Gu Changhe, who had been in France for so long, and he could understand it at all, Gu Changhe knew that this was someone wishing him good luck, so he smiled and said to others: "Merci!" βγ
After saying thank you, he got on the horse with the help of this man.
Entering the preparation venue, waiting to enter the debut circle, Gu Changhe felt like he was going to Gushan Horse Racing Competition, and from time to time there were jockeys who set their eyes on his side, Gu Changhe knew that these people were looking at the current performance of the first favorite, whether it was the spirit of the horse or the performance of the rider, they were concerned, and wanted to see the flaws of the popular horse from here, but today Gu Changhe believed that he and the big shock would disappoint them.
Thinking of this, Gu Changhe stretched out his hand and gently patted Da Zhen's neck, and Da Zhen also gave his jockey a response, shook his neck and snorted.
Gu Changhe ignored these gazes, as if he was racing in Gushan, he was sure in his heart that he was first-class, just focusing on his horse, waiting for the moment to enter the debut circle.
This moment soon came, and under the traction of a staff member, Gu Changhe and Da Zhen slowly walked into the appearance circle.
As soon as he entered, he heard the cheers of many people, and as soon as Gu Changhe looked up, he saw many yellow faces surrounding the railing, waving palm-sized red five-star red flags in their hands, shouting enthusiastically at themselves!
Gu Changhe raised his hand, then waved it in the air, clenched it into a fist and sank down, telling these compatriots who lived or settled in other places that he would definitely work hard.
After the appearance circle, Gu Changhe entered the arena and began to subconsciously shield himself from hearing the voice, and also focused his mind on the upcoming competition.
After trotting a few steps to warm up, Gu Changhe and Da Zhen smoothly entered their own gateway, just like what they have been experiencing today, so smooth that it is extremely comfortable.
Gu Changhe held the reins in one hand, stretched out his fingers and gently swirled on Da Zhen's mane, and through this feeling, Da Zhen also seemed to understand that he had entered another game, and his partner was full of expectations for this game.
Wow! He snorted softly, responded to his partner, and stepped lightly on the grass with his front hooves a few times, ready to rush out of the gate at any time and show his majesty! (To be continued.) )