In the conference room, most of the top executives of the Tour de France gathered here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"You should all know about Zhang Guan. I had just spoken to Zhang Guan on the phone, and he was willing to participate in the next Tour de France as a driver. Prudhomme glanced at the crowd and said, "Let me all share your opinions!" ”

A gray-haired race officer immediately spoke: "What if Zhang Guan reaches the finish line first?" He is not a contestant, and the results are definitely invalid. ”

"That's right, we don't have a crown on our athlete list, and even if he is faster than the others, he is not eligible for the results." The other said immediately.

"I have a different opinion." Speaking was John Granger, director of operations for the Tour de France.

I only heard John Granger speak; "If Zhang Guan is willing to compete in the next 20 stages, I think he can be considered a full-fledged driver. As you all know, in the past two years, the economy in Europe has not been very good, and the operation and promotion of our Tour de France have been greatly hindered. ”

"You're the director of operations, of course, you only think about marketing, but have you ever thought that doing so is breaking the rules and affecting the credibility of the Tour de France! How can the credibility we have accumulated over the past 100 years of the Tour de France be regarded as child's play! The gray-haired old officer spoke.

John Granger ignored the old tournament officer, but continued to take care of himself: "Our Tour de France, after 98 years of development, the European market has long been saturated, and now the European economy has not yet recovered, we must open up new markets, and China in Asia is obviously the best direction for our efforts."

In other countries, if we want to promote the Tour de France, we have to get people involved in cycling, but in China, we don't have to go through the hassle, where almost everyone rides a bicycle and where bicycles are very popular. The bicycle is not just a sport there, it's a means of transportation. Through Zhang Guan, we don't have to spend too much effort to get an audience of 100 million, perhaps more than the audience in the whole of Europe! ”

John Greng's words moved many people at the scene, and John Granger decided to add another fire, he continued: "And Zhang Guan himself is very commercially valuable, his fans are all over the world, since he is willing to appear in the Tour de France, it should be what we can't ask for." Zhang Guan can attract more attention to the Tour de France! ”

One of the elements of any sport is that the audience is familiar with the sport, and some people take it as a hobby in their spare time. For example, many basketball fans, they not only watch basketball games, but also play a dozen on the court in their spare time, and others, such as table tennis fans and badminton fans, also play two beats to some extent, and even a few are still middle and high.

If you don't understand the sport at all, you can't understand anything when you watch the game, and naturally you can't talk about any audience, which is better in traditional sports, and especially in emerging e-sports. For example, people who watch League of Legends games, Ken is a League of Legends player, even if the level is poor, he can play. If you don't know how to play at all, you don't know what skills the hero has, and you don't know what the use of the equipment is, you definitely can't understand the League of Legends game.

The same is true for cycling, to train a person who does not know how to ride a bicycle to become a spectator of the Tour de France, first to let him learn to ride a bike, then to have a bicycle, and then to have theoretical knowledge of the rules and so on. For the Chinese audience, it is not so complicated, with the popularity of bicycles in China, only a few simple introductions are needed, and the Chinese audience can understand the Tour de France, and even many smart people can understand what is going on without introduction. So for the organizers of the Tour de France, China is the easiest potential market to explore.

Listening to John Greng's words, everyone in the audience nodded, and the old race officer clearly represented the forces of tradition, and he did not want to see the Tour de France change because of one person, so he said: "It would be unfair to the other athletes to let a guest participate in the race temporarily!" I think we should ask for the opinions of the other teams. ”

"The Tour de France is a racing sport, it's about speed, it's clear who is faster and who's slower, and the reason why Zhang Guan was able to cross the finish line first was because he was faster than the other 198 riders! Does anyone think it's unfair when the faster guy wins the game? I think the 198 contestants should reflect on why they are not even as good as a guest. John Granger paused, and then said: "As for the team, as I just said, the addition of Zhang Guan is conducive to the promotion of our Tour de France, and is also conducive to attracting more attention, and the sponsors of each team should be very willing to see this, and the Tour de France will become bigger, and the team will also attract more sponsors, in this regard, our Tour de France organizers, teams and sponsors have common interests." ”

The old club officer was a little speechless, and he was certainly not as good as John Grander than he was a fool of himself. What's more, John Granger talks about money everywhere, which makes it difficult for the old club officials to deal with it and talk about feelings in front of interests? Apparently no one will pay attention to him.

The old club officer was still very unwilling, he decided to change his angle, and only listened to him say: "If Zhang Guan is allowed to participate, there will be a lot of unnecessary trouble." For example, how to solve his equipment? You can't compete without a bike, right? ”

"I believe that 22 teams are willing to sponsor Zhang Guan. They'll not be able to ask for it. Besides, with Zhang Guan's wealth, it is not a problem to buy a few sets of equipment. John Granger began.

"But Zhang Guan doesn't have a team!" The old club officer continued.

"Then let him race as an independent driver!"

"Independent drivers? What about logistics? A team of forty or fifty people has a logistics service team! The old tournament secretary spoke.

"Zhang Guan should be able to solve it himself, he has a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is estimated that all the teams combined are not as rich as him. For him, it is not a problem to hire a logistics service team of dozens of people to serve him alone. Maybe it can also drive our employment in France! John Granger began.

"What about the entry fee? The other teams participated in the Tour de France, but they all paid the sponsorship fee! Is Zhang Guan willing to pay the sponsorship fee? The old club officer asked.

"With Zhang Guan, we can attract more sponsors, which can make up for the sponsorship problem. Besides, Zhang Guan personally has a sponsorship contract of hundreds of millions of dollars, so I can talk to Zhang Guan's sponsors, and if they are willing to sponsor the Tour de France, we can give Zhang Guan more shots during the broadcast. I think the sponsors will be happy to accept it. John Granger replied that as the director of operations of the Tour de France, it was natural for him to pick up money from sponsors.

The old club officer fell silent, he couldn't find any other excuse, so he had to sit there speechless and sulk.

Prudhomme, the president of the Tour de France, duly interrupted the awkward atmosphere.

"It looks like everyone has already decided, so let's vote on it! If you agree to participate in the next race as a driver, please raise your hand. Prudhomme said, raising his hand first. And John Granger also raised his hand for the first time.

Seeing that the chairman raised his hand, the others did not hesitate and raised their hands to express their support.

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On the afternoon of July 2, 2011, with the official approval of the Tour de France Organizing Committee, Zhang Guan will participate in the Tour de France as an independent rider.

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