389 Is this a game?
Just when Zhang Yifei's body stiffened and he didn't know what to do next, a sarcastic voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"The Chinese kid won a sixth place, and he began to be satisfied with indulgence, and he really didn't win."
When Zhang Yifei heard this voice, Sophia, who "hugged" him, naturally also heard this sarcastic voice.
So she let go of Zhang Yifei's neck and looked in the direction of the source of the sound, and found that it was another "super newcomer" on the track this year, racing superstar Juan Pablo Montoya from Colombia.
Montoya is also from Latin America, and has a Latin American boldness and impulse in her bones.
In the past few years when he first entered the F1 season, no one else said, the collision with Schumacher alone happened almost every year. And many times it is to take extreme late brakes and carry out "suicidal" attacks with Schumacher.
The most famous one occurred at the Nürburgring in the 03 season, Montoya relied on fearless courage and absolute confidence in himself, and overtook the inside line, eating Schumacher at the peak of the Ferrari dynasty at that time.
Even Schumacher was forced to drive into the gravel buffer zone from the inside in order to avoid Montoya's strong overtaking, and the tires were stuck in the gravel and there was no way to get out, and he still relied on the staff and team members on the track to push the car out.
Theoretically, this kind of introduction of the car was illegal, but at that time Schumacher was so famous that he could cover the sky with one hand, and the FIA actually did not punish him.
It can be seen that Montoya is also the kind of tempered person, and he didn't admit it in the face of the peak Schumacher, and now in the face of the Chinese newcomer Zhang Yifei, he is even more unconvinced.
"Montoya, are you jealous?"
Alonso, who was sitting next to him, added fuel to the fire and said that he was also unconvinced by Zhang Yifei.
If it weren't for Minaldi's poor racing performance, he would not have been given a lap, let alone a rookie Chinese rookie!
Compared with Montoya, Alonso has no shortage of grievances in his heart. However, a loss on the track is a loss, and Alonso, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, will complain, but not that he can't afford to lose.
So he didn't mock Zhang Yifei for anything, but teased Montoya next to him, sometimes it is also a good choice to see a boxing performance at a relaxing moment like a drinking party.
"Am I jealous? To an underage child? ”
After saying that, Montoya laughed, now on the F1 track, as the youngest F1 driver in history, Zhang Yifei is indeed two months away from really turning eighteen years old.
In a sense, Zhang Yifei is really an underage child......
Montoya's loud laughter, which transcended the sound of music, caught the attention of the other riders present.
They took a look and found that it was Montoya and Zhang Yifei's holiday, and they were instantly interested. You must know that Montoya's accusations after the game are considered a hot news in the opening game, second only to the serious accident of Ralph and Villeneuve.
In the F1 paddock, there has never been a shortage of such overtaking conflicts, the famous Senna and Irwin in the early years, and Schumacher and Coulthard in the past two years.
Compared with their moves, Montoya's one-sided mouth cannon is really not enough in F1 news. It just so happened that the grievances had not been resolved before, and it was not that the enemies did not get together.
On the one hand, there is the Colombian superstar "newcomer", and on the other hand, there is a super newcomer from China who has set many F1 records and is on par with Kimi Raikkonen. The conflict between these two people is really interesting.
Even Zhang Yifei's teammate, the French veteran Alessi, just stood on the sidelines and watched the excitement, instead of leaning over to be a peacemaker.
For Alessi, he also wanted to see how Zhang Yifei should respond to provocations, which in a sense are also part of what F1 drivers must face.
Zhang Yifei's racing style is relatively tough, which Alessi knows. But in addition to the racing style, Zhang Yifei's personality in the team is not as arrogant and arrogant as reported by the media before, which makes Alessi feel a little surprised.
Now this situation just allows Zhang Yifei to prove that he is really tough, or is he a coward who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard?
In the face of Montoya's provocation, Zhang Yifei looked at him with a disdainful smile on his face. He didn't choose to shoot back, but put his backhand around Sophia's waist, and then pulled hard, directly letting Sophia sit on his lap.
Zhang Yifei's movements were a little surprising to Sophia at first, but she quickly reacted and put her arms around Zhang Yifei's neck again, making a very intimate look.
This "silent" counterattack instantly made all kinds of whistles and cheers resound in the bar. The way the Chinese kid copes with it is even better than they imagined, and this is what a man should do.
Weakness, at least in the F1 paddock, is hard to gain respect from opponents.
Montoya faced Zhang Yifei's playful gaze and the affectionate behavior with Sophia, her face could be described as red and white, and she was ashamed and annoyed in her heart, but she didn't expect that the hot Latin girl was really soaked by the Chinese boy!
At this time, Montoya happened to be in her early twenties, and she couldn't be killed by her opponent if she couldn't taunt her, so she couldn't suppress the anger in her heart, and stood up directly, with a posture of wanting to do something.
Zhang Yifei watched Montoya's movements, and the playful smile on his face became even worse, he has been honest for a long time recently.
After all, with the increase in fame, many things can no longer be as reckless as before, and fighting and brawling is even more unrelated to celebrities. Today's venue, even if you don't get it out, since Montoya is not convinced, let him feel what is called the iron fist of communism!
So Zhang Yifei pushed away Sophia on his body, stood up and greeted Montoya without fear.
Zhang Yifei's move once again aroused some goodwill among the riders on the scene, and the Chinese newcomer is not a coward, at least not a coward.
But at this moment, Verstappen stood in front of Montoya and said to him: "Today is a celebratory reception, what grievances are there to settle on the track, we are the strongest F1 drivers in the world, not rookies in street racing, understand?" ”
Compared to the "turret" personality of the younger Verstappen, he was able to push Indian power driver Esteban Ocon in front of the media after the crash, causing a physical altercation.
The old Verstappen's personality is much more peaceful, and maybe this has something to do with his strength, he can only be regarded as a mid-to-lower driver in the F1 paddock.
Hearing Verstappen's words, Montoya calmed down a lot, he was also the world champion of the Indy 500 anyway, and if he fought with a Chinese newcomer at the celebration reception.
No matter what the reason is, the outside world will laugh at you. Because of the overtaking on the track, the result is that you lose and retire, so no matter what the reason for the conflict, the outside world will think that you can't afford to lose.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Montoya, who values honor and bravery. So he could only look at Zhang Yifei angrily, and then turned around and sat down.
Since Montoya retreated first, Zhang Yifei had no intention of rushing up to fight with the other party.
He nodded at Verstappen, thanking him for the invitation and help, and then turned back to the bar.
"I'm sorry for what I did just now."
Zhang Yifei apologized to Sophia beside him, his actions just now were indeed suspected of disrespecting his heels.
Listening to Zhang Yifei's words, Sophia looked at it with interest, and said in a provocative tone: "Then how do you compensate me?" ”
This woman is playing with fire!
Zhang Yifei swallowed his saliva subconsciously, he thought that he was not a womanizer, and his perseverance and determination were quite good.
But sometimes, you have to admit that there are stunners in the world, and Sophia belongs to this kind of thing. Especially under the premise that she deliberately teased, it really impacted Zhang Yifei's psychological bottom line.
And having said that, Zhang Yifei is still a single dog, although there is an ambiguity between him and He Ziling, but there is no definite relationship after all. If Sophia continues like this, Zhang Yifei is really afraid that he won't be able to control it.
So Zhang Yifei didn't dare to face Sophia's eyes anymore, but looked in the direction of the bar, took a deep breath and replied in a flat tone as much as possible: "You say, I can agree if it's not too much." ”
Seeing that Zhang Yifei was able to look away, a smile appeared on Sophia's face, and there was even a kind of appreciation in her eyes.
"Isn't it too much to give us a discount on our sponsorship contract?"
"Our sponsorship contract?"
Now Zhang Yifei was confused, where did he get a sponsorship contract with Sophia.
"I'm Brazilian, the daughter of Abilio dos Santos Diniz, you should understand now, right?"
Sophia is Diniz's daughter? Zhang Yifei looked at the other party in surprise, of course he knew Diniz, because he was one of the major shareholders of the Prost team.
When Zhang Yifei was training during the winter break, the Prost team was at the most difficult financial moment of the new season. Historically, it was the Brazilian tycoon Diniz who bought 40 percent of the team's shares and survived the storm in 2001.
But the history of this world changed, and Prostra got the sponsorship of camel cigarettes, so Diniz bought only 20 percent of the team's shares.
Now think of Prost's mysterious smile before, and what Sophia said about the team girl, it seems that the old French fox has long known that Sophia participated in tonight's drinking party. So she took the initiative to lean over, it turned out that she was also trying to negotiate a sponsorship contract with herself?
Damn, I really can't bear the child to trap the wolf, did Diniz even take out his daughter to "seduc"?
"Say, what a sponsorship contract."
Zhang Yifei replied angrily, how can he feel like he has been played?
"What do you think of the $3 million one-year Puma racing shoe endorsement contract?"
"$3 million endorsement price?"
Zhang Yifei was a little surprised, you must know that for a newcomer, this price is really not low. At present, in the F1 paddock, there are only 4 people who have an annual income of more than 10 million.
They are Schumacher, Schumacher Jr., Villeneuve, Barrichello. Among them, Schumacher topped with $56 million, and Schumacher's income next year will be as high as $65 million.
F1 is a place where there is a huge disparity between the rich and the poor in terms of driver income, and a single endorsement contract costs $3 million, which is really a high price for newcomers.
"And what's the discount you want?"
"If you did something to me just now, this discount is 50% off, if there is a closer idea that makes me feel disgusted, then the contract amount will be zero."
"But I am very satisfied with your performance just now, and I can negotiate with my father to give you the full sponsorship contract, without discount."
"My performance is worth so much?"
Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, he had never seen the world just now, and the traditional Chinese moral concept restrained him. If he stayed in Europe and the United States for a few years and experienced several such scenes, Zhang Yifei himself could not guarantee whether he would be able to perform as a "gentleman".
Hearing this, Sophia approached Zhang Yifei again and said in a low tone: "A rookie driver, if he doesn't even have basic control, then he will definitely not be able to become a top driver, and naturally it is not worth the price." ”
"So James Hunt said he was a world champion."
"A world champion can't hide his scumbag nature!"
Sophia replied in disgust, obviously disgusted by James Hunt's deeds.
After finishing speaking, Sophia raised the wine glass in her hand and said to Zhang Yifei, "Cheers to our cooperation." ”
The figure of 3 million US dollars has left Zhang Yifei with nothing to hesitate and consider.
So he also raised his glass and replied: "I hope the cooperation will go well." ”
"By the way, it's not a compliment that you're charming, it's that I really think so."
Sophia said as she looked at Zhang Yifei with a meaningful gaze.
Is this a trap for me? At this moment, Zhang Yifei's steel straight man attribute exploded, and 3 million US dollars gave him enough vigilance......