Nangang is a coastal city and the largest port city in South China.

Naturally, there will be many ships in the port near the sea, and Duke is on one boat, and the ship has already gone to sea.

This is actually a yacht, the pier that goes to sea is called Nangang Yacht Club, and from time to time there are always rich people who drive yachts out of the yacht club dock to go cruising on the sea.

On this yacht, Duke finally met Amy, the female boss who paid him 10 million endorsement fees.

Duke knew that Amy's nationality was French, and after meeting Amy herself, Duke found that her appearance was quite oriental, oriental to a bit classical.

When driving a yacht to the sea, women generally dress themselves up very sexy and hot, and they can wear less and never wear more, even if they don't wear clothes, their male companions will not have any opinions.

However, Amy wore a purple cheongsam, and her long black hair was tied in a bun, matching her delicate and classical oriental woman's face, which looked like those wealthy ladies before liberation.

The yacht is a very foreign modern high-end marine vehicle, and the advanced instruments and control equipment in the cockpit are full of science and technology, but Amy, a traditional Chinese woman, is not out of place in this environment.

Amy steered the yacht about half a nautical mile away from the dock, set a minimum speed to keep the yacht cruising at a fixed speed, and then walked out onto the deck and sat next to Doke.

On the deck there was a small table, two chairs, and on the table was a bottle of red wine and two goblets.

Amy poured red wine over two goblets, then raised her own glasses and clinked glasses to Doucle: "Doucle, toast to our first meeting." ”

Duke didn't immediately raise his glass, "You're going to sail the boat, isn't it drunk if you drink?" ”

Amy smiled: "Even if I am drunk driving, there is no traffic police at sea, and drunk driving is not under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Safety Bureau, so let me take advantage of the loopholes in the law." Here, cheers. ”

Duke still didn't raise his glass, "I don't drink, is there mineral water on board?" I'll just drink mineral water. ”

"You're still cautious, afraid that I'm going to drugged the wine? There are just the two of us on the boat, I am a weak woman, and I can't help you after being drugged, the world champion and the Duke of Terror. However, I respect your choice. Amy put down her glass, walked into the cabin, and when she returned to the deck, she had an extra bottle of pure water and a new goblet in her hand.

Amy unscrewed the cap of the bottle of purified water in front of Doke, poured half a glass of water into the new goblet, and pushed the cup in front of Doke.

"Here, a toast to the first meeting." Amy raised her glass again.

"Cheers." Duke finally raised his glass and clinked glasses with Amy, "Amy, I didn't expect our first meeting to be at sea, a bit of a surprise." ”

Amy: "It's too inconvenient for you on land, are you so famous now, aren't you afraid of being watched?" So please come and sit on my boat, it's quiet, just the two of us within a kilometer radius. Looking at the blue sea and blue sky, and feeling the poetry of the wild crossing without a boat, is the mood a little better? ”

Today's sea is calm, seabirds skim over the yacht from time to time, looking up at the sky and overlooking the sea, Du Ke's mood is much more comfortable, "Yes, driving a boat is higher than driving, I want to have a yacht to play."

Amy took a sip of red wine and said, "Then you have to keep working hard to make money, you can't afford to buy a boat for 10 million after an advertisement." Besides, if I pay you 10 million, you won't get more than 5 million in the end. ”

Duke signed an endorsement contract with Amy's Hong Kong toothbrush company, but he didn't receive the full payment immediately. After signing the contract, the toothbrush company paid a signing fee of 1 million to Du Ke, and after deducting taxes, Du Ke handed over 550,000 yuan and kept 300,000 yuan for himself.

The remaining more than 9 million will be paid to Du Ke according to the schedule, when Du Ke will finish filming all the advertisements specified in the contract, and when will he receive the full payment.

Du Ke: "I will fulfill the terms of the contract as soon as possible, and I want to collect the balance as soon as possible, right?" ”

Amy smiled: "You are a very practical person, and you don't talk about money at all." In fact, I asked you out today, not to urge you to shoot toothbrush commercials, you are a swimming superstar, just shoot an advertisement to get endorsement fees, it's too a waste of resources. Perhaps, we can work more deeply. ”

"No matter how big the endorsement list you can receive, only 35% of the endorsement orders you will receive in the end, which is a system constraint, and you can't change this institutional constraint in the short term. You might as well jump out of the traditional model and do something of your own, so that you can work more and get more. ”

Duke immediately understood what Amy meant, "You mean, I should start my own company?" You want to partner with me? Or be my investor? ”

Amy: "You're smart, but you didn't quite guess right. Perhaps, you should hire a team to be your think tank to carry out various business in the future. ”

Duke: "Let's talk about it later, when I get back from the UK." ”

Amy was a little surprised: "You're going to the UK in the near future?" ”

Duke nodded: "Yes, to Sheffield, England." On August 25th, there was a triathlon points race in Sheffield and I wanted to participate in this race. But I don't have points, I don't have a wild card, and I don't want to alarm the country. As far as I know, some sponsors have wild cards in their hands. After you called me in the morning, I carefully looked at the official website of the FITL, and I found that your GBG sports video company is the sponsor of the FITL 12 points race. ”

"Miss Amy, I sincerely ask for your help, can you help me get a wild card? I will consider the in-depth cooperation you just mentioned, when I come back from the UK. Of course, if I can go to the UK. ”

Amy was quite surprised at this time, "I have the triathlon wild card you said." It's just, do you go to the triathlon competition, do you take it seriously, or do you have fun? ”

Doucle: "Seriously, but only this once. ”

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Seven days later, on August 15, Douc appeared in the international departure hall of Hong Kong Airport wearing a hat, a mask, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses with no prescription, ready to board his plane and fly non-stop from Hong Kong to London.

In seven days, Amy helped Duke with everything, including the wild card, the registration of Sheffield, and the visa to the UK...... All Duke has to do now is go to England with his passport.

The secrecy work was done very well, Du Ke was about to board the plane, and he did not receive a warning call from Director Qin and other swimming leaders. This shows that Amy is efficient and thorough, and Duke tells her not to alarm the country's leaders, and she really does things beautifully.

The leaders gave Du Ke a month's off, thinking he was on vacation. The only people who knew that Duke was going to England were his parents.

The triathlon race in Sheffield began on 25 August, with Duke having to arrive in the UK early to acclimatize.

Although he swims every day, he has never participated in an official triathlon competition, and he has to practice for a few days to familiarize himself with the sport of triathlon, and only then can he feel confident about participating in the main race.

If nothing else, you always need to buy a bicycle.

Of course, you can buy large groups of cars and TT cars in China, including very professional modified triathlon cars.

But bringing goods and transporting goods is a troublesome matter, Du Ke went to the UK this time, which is in the nature of a private visit to Weifu, and he doesn't want to make too much movement, so he has to go quietly and return quietly.

So he decided to build a triathlon in the UK, and after getting familiar with the performance of the car, he went straight to the race. This triathlon car, Amy will help him get it in the UK.

At 11 p.m. London time on August 15, the international flight taken by Duke arrived at London Cicero Airport.

Amy, who had arrived in London a day early, drove to Cicero Airport to pick up the airport, and after picking up Duke, she drove him to a hotel in downtown London.

Duke will spend one or two days in London to buy necessary tools, equipment, and supplies such as triathlon cars, triathlon suits, helmets, lock shoes, energy gels, salt pills, and more.

London is a cosmopolitan city, where you can buy anything you need if you have money. In fact, many domestic triathlon players and bicycle players have purchased many important parts from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Germany and other countries.

After completing the big purchase in London, Duke would immediately head north, 170 miles to Sheffield.

There are many competition criteria for triathlons, of which there are three of the most common.

Olympic standard (standard iron): 1.5 km + 40 km cycling + 10 km running;

70.3 standard: 1.9 km swimming + 90 km cycling + 20 km running;

Ultra-long-distance standard (also known as the big ironman): 3.8 km + 180 km cycling + 42 km running.

The big iron man is the fiercest, and a big iron man race has to last seven or eight hours, so the English word of the big iron man is Ironman, and only Iron Man can complete this difficult big iron man task.

This Sheffield points race is a standard iron competition, and the standard iron results made by professional triathletes are generally between 1 hour and 40 minutes to 2 hours.

Among them, the 40-kilometer bicycle stage is generally the longest of the three items of swimming, cycling and running.

So, early in the morning of August 16, Duke followed Amy to a triathlon club in London, where he needed a triathlon car. (To be continued.) )