At the beginning of August, Xunyang City was jubilant again. Since Hanhua Industrial settled in Xunyang, similar to such a jubilant scene, the people of Xunyang have experienced more than once.

At the entrance of the highway leading to the direction of Nandu, there are crowds of people, gongs and drums are noisy, and the large-character banner hanging above the highway reads: "Warmly welcome the return of the Hanhua Heavy Industry Bicycle Team!" ”

Hong Yu'an, the mayor of Xunyang, and the leaders of Xunyang City and Hanhua Heavy Industry stood on the temporary rostrum set up next to the highway, waiting for the return of the Hanhua team.

The Hanhua Heavy Industries Cycling Team, led by Lang Dong, successfully completed the entire schedule of the Tour de France. It is said that this is the first time in the history of the Tour de France that an amateur team has followed a professional rider to complete the entire stage. In recognition of the achievements of this supernumerary team, the organizers of the competition added a special item to the award ceremony, that is, a special honor award was awarded to the Hanhua team. In this way, the name of the Hanhua team has become a household name.

Today is the day when the Hanhua team returned to Xunyang, Lin Zhenhua specially went to the city government to report the matter to Hong Yu'an, Hong Yu'an immediately made a decision, and the municipal government came forward to arrange a grand welcome ceremony, because the Hanhua team was famous in the Tour de France, and the fame of Xunyang City was brought out. On Hong Yu'an's desk are several foreign newspapers that describe the Hanhua cycling team as a cycling team from Xunyang, China. How many prefecture-level cities in China have a chance to make headlines in foreign media?

Lang Dong first took a plane back to Beijing, and then took a train from Beijing back to Nandu. Hanhua Heavy Industries sent three large trucks to Nandu to pick up, Lin Zhenhua specially made an explanation, in the truck away from Xunyang, kilometers away, Hanhua team will get off the truck, ride their bicycles to participate in the Tour de France into the city, for inspection.

"Come on! Here it comes! ”

The workers, who were standing on a high place and were in charge of watching, shouted loudly, and for a moment the firecrackers crackled, and everyone turned around and looked intently in the direction in which the convoy was about to appear.

"We're back!"

Lang Dong rode on one of the leading bicycles, waving a flag with one hand and shouting loudly to the welcoming crowd. He was not in good health and was not able to participate in the Tour de France, but he was still able to ride down the kilometer road.

Behind him were more than a dozen Chinese Chinese employees who had participated in the Tour de France, their skin tanned and their faces much thinner, but everyone's faces were filled with excited smiles.

Hong Yu'an stepped off the rostrum and walked quickly to the convoy. Lang Dong got out of the car from a distance, pushed the car over, and shook hands with Hong Yu'an warmly: "Mayor Hong, you are here in person!" ”

Hong Yu'an shook hands with Lang Dong and greeted: "Old Lang, hard work!" How did you get out of this trip? ”

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!" Lang Dong said proudly, he took off a medal tied with a ribbon from his neck, handed it to Hong Yu'an's hand, and said: "Mayor Hong, look, this is a special medal awarded to us by the Tour de France Organizing Committee!" ”

"Good! This is a breakthrough for our Xunyang City in the international competition. Hong Yu'an took the medal and looked at it lovingly, although he couldn't understand any of the French words on it.

"This medal will be presented to the city government." Lin Zhenhua said on the side...... "Without the support of the municipal government, there would be no achievements of our Hanhua team today." ”

Hong Yu'an was overjoyed and said: "Great, I want to hang this medal in the conference room of the municipal government, this is the honor of your Hanhua Heavy Industry, and it is also the honor of our entire Xunyang City." ”

A group of flowery schoolchildren rushed forward, stuffed bouquets of flowers into the hands of the triumphant uncles and aunts, and symbolically tied a red scarf around their necks.

It's not the first time these kids have done this kind of thing, and there's no stage fright at all.

The Hanhua drivers have long been familiar with such a scene, when they were in France, the French audience was much more enthusiastic and unrestrained than the audience in Xunyang, and the psychology of the Hanhua drivers had already been practiced. They took out handfuls of chocolates from their pockets and gave them back to the children. When the children around who did not have the task of offering flowers saw it, they also rushed up and shouted:

"Uncle, give me one!"

"Auntie, give me one!" Seeing this scene, Schumann happily brought a box of chocolates, stood on the side of the road and began to distribute them. Zhu Hongyang hurriedly ran over to help, and looked at it coldly, as if the two of them were having another wedding.

Lin Zhenhua walked over and said to Schumann with a smile: "Schumann, yes, you actually bought chocolate, why, do you know that someone will welcome you?" ”

Schumann smiled: "Zhenhua, I am also borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, these chocolates were sent by the French along the way, and I didn't spend a penny." Not only that, but there were two full boxes on the truck. ”

"So, we've earned it this time." Lin Zhenhua teased.

Schumann pouted: "It's worth a few dollars." By the way, Zhenhua, Hongyang has good news for you. ”

"Yes, Hongyang, let's talk about it." Lin Zhenhua said.

Chu Hongyang pulled Lin Zhenhua aside and said to him happily: "Xiaohua, we can make a lot of money this time, and all the money we spent on this trip has been earned." ”

"Tell me about it." Lin Zhenhua said. At that time, the means of communication were not so developed, and Lin Zhenhua's experience in France was more from foreign newspapers. Occasionally, Lang Dong and Schumann would send back a simple telegram to the company, which was only a few words, saying that they were safe, and they could not tell what details they were.

Chu Hongyang said: "Xiaohua, do you know, this time in the Tour de France, our Hanhua team is the most limelight, more than those professional players." ”

Lin Zhenhua nodded and said, "I saw a few newspapers, it seems to really mean something." ”

"Did you see the newspaper? Did you see the picture of Hinauer holding our bike? Yu Hongyang asked.

Lin Zhenhua said: "I saw it, and I was just about to ask you what is going on." Could it be that Schumann went to do public relations and got an image representative? ”

Chu Hongyang smiled: "

We may not move Sinauer. It's really good luck that fell from the sky. Hinauer is a four-time Tour de France winner, and this time he won it again, the fifth. He said he had always been particularly interested in China, and this time he saw it

We sent a convoy and came to talk to us and test ride our bike. If you look at the picture of Sun, he said to everyone after riding: Chinese cars are very good. ”

"Hey, this ad is amazing! We don't need to make any more announcements, and Hanhua Bicycles will have a global reputation. Lin Zhenhua thought of this as soon as he got into the taro.

Zhu Hongyang said: "Isn't it! Because of Hinauer's words, a seller of sports equipment came to contact us the next day. Good guys, in the next ten days, I rode my bike to participate in competitions during the day and had to receive those sellers at night, but I was tired. ”

"Schumann didn't help you?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Help, the two of us will receive those sellers together." Chu Hongyang said, "Yue, Hua, do you know how many sales intentions I have talked about these days?" ”

"How much?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Nearly 50,000 vehicles!" Chu Hongyang said ostentatiously......, 50,000 vehicles, 800 dollars each, a full 40 million."

"I'm dizzy, before leaving, didn't I set the reserve price for you move the dollar, how did you add it to the concave dollar?" Lin Zhenhua said, when he said this, he didn't mean to blame at all, and being able to sell the original $500 car to $800 is definitely something worth rewarding.

Chu Hongyang said: "Because our car is too hot." Did you know that the minimum sports bike of the same kind as ours in the foreign market is 1000 dollars, and the quality is not as good as ours? A little better, I went for $2,000. As soon as I said the price of $800, the seller didn't even care about bargaining, and immediately signed an agreement with me. ”

Lin Zhenhua clapped his hands and said, "Great! This is just the beginning, our cars are of high quality and low price, foreign countries are now the time for popular sports and fitness, our market is definitely more than 50,000, get it right, 500,000 have a play......

"No problem at all!" Qi Hongyang said, "I know how rich those foreigners are, eight hundred dollars for a thousand children, it is not a matter in the eyes of others." ”

The two of them were talking about the dream of making a fortune, and Hong Yu'an had already stepped onto the rostrum and began to give a welcome speech. He spoke highly of Hanhua Bicycle's achievements in winning glory for the country, and finally announced: After the research and decision of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the International Bicycle Race around Yunmeng Lake will be held next year, making it a city card of Xunyang.

The onlookers applauded wildly, the International Cycling Race, what a big deal. People don't care if it's an international celebrity, because even if it's a big name, few people know them. Everyone only knows that from now on, there is no need to go to Shanghai to see foreigners, and we also have foreigners on the streets of Xunyang!

The idea of the bicycle race around the lake was naturally given to Hong Yu'an by Lin Zhenhua, and a postmodern mention like a city business card can only come from Lin Zhenhua's mouth. The concept of corporate image promotion and city marketing was still completely new in China at that time, but it has long been common knowledge in the world.

Hong Yu'an is a leader of the Young Zhuang faction, the type that is often said in the media to dare to open up, and many of Lin Zhenhua's ideas make him feel related. In his mind, he has long regarded Lin Zhenhua as his important think tank.

Hanhua bicycle team returned to Hanhua Heavy Industry in the welcome of the people of Xunyang, and the company naturally had a welcome ceremony and a reception, needless to say.

As for the old miller Peng Gang, he came to Lin Zhenhua with a sad face the next day, saying that his son planned to bring a foreign daughter-in-law back for him, and asked Lin Zhenhua how to deal with it, which is a later story. This transnational marriage continued in the decades that followed

are all interesting things that Xunyang people talk about...... ）