Early the next morning, Zhang Yifei, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi returned to Guangshen and came to the door of the car repair shop.

From a distance, Zhang Yifei saw that the old man was lying in the engine compartment of an Audi 100, replacing the parts inside.

There was also a person next to him who was helping to help, but he was not Feng Linmu, but a young man.

The three of them approached step by step, Zhang Zhiguo didn't notice that there were a few more people behind him, and his attention was all on the engine compartment.

"Andy, number 6 wrench."

Zhang Zhiguo said, and then stretched out his left hand to catch the wrench.

However, his hand was in the air for a few seconds, and no one put the wrench in his hand, which made him feel a little puzzled, so he urged: "Andy, concentrate on it, No. 6 wrench." ”

This young man named An Zai also didn't pay attention to Zhang Zhiguo's words, he was looking at Zhang Yifei with a look of surprise and curiosity, not knowing what the young people who suddenly appeared were going to do.

"Andy?"

There was no response twice in a row, so Zhang Zhiguo stuck his head out of the engine compartment, and just when he was about to ask An Zai what was going on, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him.

"Dad."

This voice made Zhang Zhiguo stand directly in place, wondering if he had heard it wrong, because Zhang Yifei had not called him to inform him that he was coming back, so he didn't expect that his son, who was racing in Europe, would suddenly come back at this time.

And this time, he changed his name and called himself Dad.

With this surprise and surprise, when he looked at Zhang Yifei standing in front of him, Zhang Zhiguo's body trembled a little because of excitement.

Zhang Yifei in front of him is different from when he left home before, he has grown taller, darkened and thinned. There is no longer the appearance of a child before, more like an adult standing in front of him.

"Yifei, are you back?"

Zhang Zhiguo still felt a little incredulous at this time, and subconsciously asked.

"Well, I'm back."

"Good boy, don't tell me when you come back!"

Zhang Zhiguo took a step forward and hugged Zhang Yifei, using a lot of strength on his arm.

may have been since Zhang Yifei remembered, he and Zhang Zhiguo didn't seem to have hugged, which may be the first time in nearly ten years.

"I came back in a hurry this time, so I didn't have time to inform me."

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, in fact, he just wanted to surprise Zhang Zhiguo.

At this time, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi also leaned over and shouted at Zhang Zhiguo Uncle Zhang, both of them were taught by Zhang Zhiguo, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are masters, so they are also very excited to see Zhang Zhiguo.

"You two boys are also out of luck now, you can both fix formula cars, do a good job!"

Zhang Zhiguo also patted Ah Hu and Chen Zhi's arms, and his tone was full of pride, maybe his two apprentices will also create the history of Chinese technicians and enter the F1 maintenance team!

"That's all taught by Uncle Zhang, and I learned all my skills from you."

Ah Hu is usually like a simple-minded reckless man, but at this time he learned to pat on the back.

Seeing that they have a trend of "business blowing each other", Zhang Yifei hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, don't stand on the side of the road and praise each other." Ah Hu, Brother Zhi, you two should hurry up and go home. ”

"What do you mean, are you going back now?"

Hearing Zhang Yifei's words, Zhang Zhiguo's face was full of surprise, and he also planned to get together with a few juniors, or even have a drink. As a result, neither of them sat down yet, and they were going to leave?

"Well, Uncle Zhang, this time we are short of time, so we can only take this opportunity to go home for a visit."

Chen Zhi explained the reason, this time Zhang Yifei returned to Guangshen, not to come back to have fun and rest, but to sign a formal driver endorsement activity with Huaxia Petrochemical.

Once the signing and promotion work is completed, Zhang Yifei will immediately return to Hong Kong Island to prepare for the Ao Island F3 race.

As Cosell said, Zhang Yifei's F1 super driver's license will almost certainly be "stuck" by the FIA. He had to get better results to minimize the difficulty of the special approval.

Moreover, the terrain of the Guia Circuit on Aodao Island is too complicated, and this is Zhang Yifei's first contact with F3 racing, so he must set aside time to prepare.

If you run a penultimate result, not only will it not help you get a super driver's license, but it will have side effects. In this way, the FIA will have sufficient reasons to say that it is not strong enough to refuse the special super driver's license.

Based on this premise, coupled with the fact that the Aodao F3 race started less than half a month, Zhang Yifei gave himself time to stay in Guangshen, only two days and one night.

Ah Hu, they are naturally the same, they must seize this short time and go home to visit. After all, the next time I come back, I don't know what time it will be.

"Okay, you guys go back first, remember to talk to the family about repairing the formula car, and make them happy."

Zhang Zhiguo understood that when time was so tight, these two boys came to visit him, and he was already very careful. Especially Ah Hu, his home is still in the countryside of northern Guangdong, and it takes nearly a day to come and go, so it is estimated that he can only go home to take a look.

After Ah Hu and the two of them left, Zhang Yifei carried his luggage and followed Zhang Zhiguo to the upstairs room.

Coming back after more than half a year, that strange and familiar feeling made Zhang Yifei really feel extremely emotional.

"Yifei, what are you doing when you come back this time, are you in trouble with the car?"

"What trouble can I have in terms of racing, this time I came back mainly to sign a driver endorsement contract with Huaxia Petrochemical. Because the international circuit in the East China Sea has been built, Huaxia Petrochemical will become the sponsor of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix, and maybe in two years, you will be able to watch my car in person, old man. ”

Listening to the terms Huaxia Petrochemical, driver spokesperson, and Chinese Grand Prix in Zhang Yifei's mouth, Zhang Zhiguo felt strange and proud.

Once upon a time, when I was running a rally with Lao Lu, I couldn't imagine that there would be an F1 driver in China in a short period of time.

Unexpectedly, just a few years later, his son became an F1 driver and made history in the Chinese racing world. Let that incomparably distant dream become a reality.

"Then when will the people from Huaxia Petrochemical come over?"

"When I arrived on Hong Kong Island, I contacted them once, and I should be about to arrive in Guangzhou and Shenzhen."

After saying this, Zhang Yifei remembered something, took out a Renault branch championship trophy from his luggage, and handed it to Zhang Zhiguo.

"What is this?"

Compared with Lu Ningping, who also coaches karting, Zhang Zhiguo has little understanding of these awards in formula racing. What's more, he can't read English, so he didn't know it was a trophy in the face of this crystal Renault "logo".

"Formula Renault's Championship Trophy."

"I won three races in the Renault European Cup, so I won three races. I gave Uncle Lu one on Hong Kong Island, and I will give you this trophy, and I will keep one for myself as a souvenir. ”

It's like a famous lyric: The military medal has half of mine and half of you.

These three Renault trophies, in Zhang Yifei's view, also have a share of the old man and Uncle Lu. If it weren't for their support behind them, Zhang Yifei might still be running underground racing cars in Guangshen now.

He gave two of them to the old man and Uncle Lu, which was regarded as expressing his inner gratitude.

"Okay, then I'll keep it, with this trophy, it will be more convenient for me to tell others about your boy's achievements in the future!"

"I guess I don't need you to say it in the future, the whole of China will know my results."

Zhang Yifei followed the old man's words and said without modesty.

"Stinky boy, before he ran in F1, he began to be proud."

"It's called self-confidence!"

……

At noon, Zhang Yifei received a call from Huaxia Petrochemical Group, and the planning team from the Yanjing headquarters had come to Guangshen and asked Zhang Yifei to meet at the Huaxia Petrochemical Building in Guangshen.

As one of China's super enterprises, Huaxia Petrochemical has its own independent office building in almost every city. So Zhang Yifei easily found the Huaxia Petrochemical Building and met the team members of the planning department.

The team members who signed a contract with Zhang Yifei this time were all from the Yanjing headquarters, and they were still led by the general manager of the planning department.

From this staffing specification, it can be felt that Huaxia Petrochemical attaches great importance to the signing of the driver spokesperson.

Similarly, Zhang Yifei is also very satisfied with the signing team from the headquarters. What he was most worried about before was the efficiency of state-owned enterprises, and if he was grinding and chirping for various reports and approvals, Zhang Yifei really didn't have time to delay with them.

But now it's different, the efficiency of the signing team is very fast, everything in the contract has been printed early, and you just need to sign it yourself.

Of course, the reason why it can be so efficient is also related to the fact that Zhang Yifei has reached a verbal agreement before. Otherwise, it is estimated that there will be some negotiations on the details and terms of the contract, as well as the endorsement fee.

The content of the contract is mainly divided into two parts - sponsorship and endorsement.

Sponsorship is very simple to understand, that is, in the future, Zhang Yifei's racing suit, there will be an extra "billboard" with a length of 8 cm and a width of 4 cm, which will appear in front of hundreds of millions of viewers in the world with the development of F1 events.

Endorsement is almost like an "image ambassador", using Zhang Yifei's fame to attract more people to pay attention to the future Chinese Grand Prix.

Zhang Yifei will attend a press conference held by Huaxia Petrochemical, at which Huaxia Petrochemical will officially announce that it will become the sponsor and title sponsor of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix, and at the same time announce that Zhang Yifei will become the driver's spokesperson.

However, the press conference is still being prepared, and the specific time is still uncertain, and it should be within half a month.

In addition to these two items, some other contract contents were rejected by Zhang Yifei, including going to the East China Sea to shoot two promotional videos or something.

It's a joke, $800,000 for an F1 driver to sponsor and endorse is already a lot of money. has to cooperate with the East China Sea to shoot a promotional video, Zhang Yifei doesn't have the time and energy to toss.

Of course, if Huaxia Petrochemical has to be tossed by Zhang Yifei, it is not impossible, you have to add money!

After signing a contract with Huaxia Petrochemical, Zhang Yifei returned to Hong Kong Island the next day, because he still had to complete the sponsorship agreement with Guo Henian.

At the same time, there is a more important point, that is, Zhang Yifei should go to Ao Island as soon as possible to familiarize himself with the Guia Circuit.

Because one of the distinguishing features of the street race venue is that it is not possible to test run according to the environment of the race. After all, the track was temporarily closed from the street, so it was naturally impossible to close the road for a test run.

Therefore, the Australian Island F3 event needs sufficient pre-race preparation, at least Zhang Yifei wants to go to the field to see what this Guia Circuit is like.