In a hotel in São Paulo's affluent district, the Chinese Power convoy is holding a gala dinner to celebrate the victory. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Guan took a wine glass, walked up to Barrichello, and spoke; "Rubens, I want to thank you so much, if you hadn't given me the number one position, I wouldn't have won the championship."

"That's what I'm supposed to do, I'm the number two." Barrichello said with a smile.

Zhang Guan can feel in Barrichello's smile, there is a trace of regret, Brazil is Barrichello's homeland after all, is his home field, as a driver who has driven F1 for more than ten years, Barrichello has countless fans in Brazil, of course he hopes to win a championship in Brazil, can give an explanation to his motherland and compatriots, but in the end he still gave the championship to Zhang Guan, and therefore he created Zhang Guan's thirteenth victory this season.

Prior to that, the most winners in a single season were Schumacher's 13 wins, which means that Zhang Guan equaled Schumacher's record. But Zhang's record of 13 wins is more valuable than Schumacher's. Schumacher set a record of 13 wins in a season in 2004, when there were 18 races, and in 2004 there were no races in Turkey or Singapore, but in France, the United States and Canada. This year, North America has withdrawn from F1 and France has been suspended for a few years, leaving only 17 F1 races. Winning 13 out of 17 games is naturally more valuable than winning 13 out of 18 games.

But Zhang Guan was not satisfied with these, especially at the end of the Japanese Grand Prix, when Zhang Guanhao won 12 wins, a consensus was reached within the Chinese Power Team to help Zhang Guan win 14 consecutive victories and surpass Schumacher, so there was Barrichello's handicap.

On November 1, in Abu Dhabi, the world's richest place in the United Arab Emirates, the final battle of this year's Formula 1 officially began.

The Drivers' Championship and the Constructors' Championship have lost their suspense, and for the other drivers, the race has become a battle of honour that is no longer in the big picture, but for the fans, the race is still full of suspense: whether Zhang Guan can break Schumacher's record of 14 wins in a season.

The birth of a new record is something that the whole of F1 is happy to see, and even the car king Schumacher expressed his expectations for Zhang Guan in a pre-race interview. But not every driver can be a man, such as Hamilton, who worked extra hard in qualifying yesterday and took pole position, and in today's race, he once again intends to snipe Zhang Guan, at least so that Zhang Guan cannot complete the feat of 14 wins in the season.

Unfortunately, God was not on Hamilton's side, and on lap 20, Hamilton's MP4-24 had a problem with the rear brake system, and he could not control the car on the track, so he had to return to the pits and choose to retire.

Even if it is a civilian car, it is impossible to drive it if there is a brake problem, let alone an F1 car with a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour. And even if Hamilton dared to continue on the track in such a problematic car, the race officer would have stopped him from doing so with dangerous driving. After Hamilton retired, no one could stop Zhang from winning the 14th race.

After 1 hour and 34 minutes and 55 laps of competition, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finally came to an end, and Zhang Guan also got his wish to break Schumacher's record of 13 consecutive wins in the season.

Red Bull Racing's two cars performed well, finishing second and third respectively, and Red Bull Racing was locked in second place this season. It's just that in terms of overall scores, the gap between them and China's power is a bit large.

"Zhang Guan, congratulations!" Vettel stepped forward to hug Zhang Guan and congratulate him, and Vettel's envious look at this time could be seen by everyone.

"Thank you." Zhang Guan secretly said in his heart: "Don't envy me, starting next year, you will have the fastest racing car." ”

This season, if it weren't for Ross Brown's loopholes in the rules and the use of a double-layer diffuser, Red Bull would be the fastest car, and next year's rules will be clearer, and Ross Brown will no longer have any loopholes to drill, Red Bull's design master Nuvey will show his strength to create the fastest car, and Vettel will also bring Red Bull Racing a quadruple championship and become a new generation of car kings.

"Congratulations, I know you'll be able to do it." Schumacher also stepped forward to congratulate Zhang Guan. Although Zhang Guan broke Schumacher's record, Schumacher did not have a depressed expression at this time, but looked at Zhang Guan with a rather relieved eye.

Schumacher continued: "The season is over, what's next? ”

"I've got to go back to China first, take care of some things, and then I'll give myself a vacation." Zhang Guan said.

"Interested in going skiing? The ski season in the Alps is just around the corner, and Merribel is where I go every year. Schumacher continued.

"Skiing? To be honest, I'm not really good at skiing, and winter sports aren't really popular in our country. Zhang Guan said.

"It's okay, I can teach you, my skiing skills are not inferior to professional skiers." Schumacher continued: "If you have time, come and relax with me. You've broken two of my records this year, and I can't beat you on the field, so I'm going to have to get back on the snow! ”

Schumacher was very sincere in inviting Zhang Guan, but Zhang Guan was really gracious, so he nodded and agreed.

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Formula 1 entered the off-season, with new races set to start in March next year, and the team's staff were given a two-week break, and Zhang Guan took the opportunity to return to China.

Domestically, a variety of welcome and celebration ceremonies await Zhang Guan, as well as sponsors waving banknotes.

In the context of the global financial crisis, the sales of bulk commodities such as automobiles have been greatly affected, and those multinational car brands are not having a good time, the traditional markets in Europe and the United States, the sales of automobiles have all declined, but in the Chinese market, car sales are rising against the trend. Zhang Guan came back with a trophy of a Formula 1 champion, and suddenly became a "fragrant bun" in the eyes of automobile companies. The major car companies also spared no expense to want Zhang Guan to become their spokesperson, and Zhang Guan was waiting for the price to sell, waiting for the car company to give the highest price.

The China Power Racing team's revenue last year reached $188 million, a figure that is calculated after deducting costs, including bonuses received by the team, advertising fees and additional bonuses from sponsors. The cost of running an F1 team is actually very high, and for each race, the team needs to rent planes, rent venues, and rent equipment, all of which cost money, not to mention that the research and development of the car is a bottomless pit, such as the kinetic energy recovery system, which burned tens of millions of dollars.

This revenue, after paying the bonus of the team staff and leaving part of the operating expenses, belonged to Zhang Guan and Ross Brown, the two major shareholders, and Zhang Guan finally got a share of 100 million US dollars.

Earning $100 million a year is a lot, even the Ferrari team doesn't have such a high profit, but compared to the $500 million bet, it's really a drop in the bucket.

Although Omi, the initiator, has been imprisoned, the money that should be paid back still has to be paid. Omi didn't have the financial strength in the first place, so it was the Mariya family who signed the contract, even if the Mariya family didn't want to pay the 500 million dollars at all, but there was no good way, after all, people all over the world were watching it.

The whole world knows about the $500 million, and they all want to see if the Maria family is willing to carry out this bet and whether they will not pay it back.

If the Maria family is asked to choose between 500 million US dollars or face, the Mariya family will definitely choose to ask for 500 million US dollars. Even if you are scolded by people all over the world, it may be worth making 500 million US dollars. However, it is written in black and white on the gambling contract, if the Mariya family really does not pay back, they still have legal means.

For the Maria family, simple legal means are not terrible, the Mariya family's industry is all over the world, cross-border debt collection is a worldwide problem, and many of them are even the existence of Interpol helplessly.

But when public opinion hijacks the law, the situation is completely different, the procrastination process can be simplified, laziness can become efficient, and even the things born in the two worlds can be cooperated hand in hand.

What's more, if you don't repay the money, it will also affect the credit of the Mariya family.

Credit is a very important thing. Even the most untrustworthy people will desperately hope that others can be trustworthy, so untrustworthy people will always be condemned by the public, and honest and trustworthy people will condemn them, because their untrustworthiness will violate their own interests; The untrustworthy will also condemn their fellow human beings because their dishonesty will offend their own interests. It's like a thief who wants to steal his money, but he doesn't want other thieves to steal his money.

This is especially true for people who engage in business activities, except for the kind of people who do a lot of business, abiding by credit is the most basic thing, which can even be regarded as an unspoken rule in business activities. If the Mariya family wants to continue their business, he must abide by this unspoken rule.

The Mariya family eventually returned the money to Zhang Guan, although it was repaid in instalments in the coming year. In fact, 500 million US dollars is not a small amount for the Mariya family, at least their airline will have to buy a few fewer planes.

However, what Zhang Guan didn't expect was that the $500 million brought him a lot of trouble.

Trouble with the rich!

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Canteen of the Provincial Athletics Training Center.

"Come on, come on, Zhang Guan, often this fried chicken is our team's own chickens, all free-range, from childhood to adulthood, there is no food at all, let alone hormones. And it was fried by Chef Xu himself. Coach Zhou turned the plate of fried chicken to Zhang Guan, and used chopsticks to clip the largest chicken thigh meat for Zhang Guan, and said with a courteous face.

"Coach, what are you polite to me, just come by yourself." Zhang Guan tasted it, and then nodded: "The taste is really good, when I was in the team before, I was used to eating the dishes made by Chef Xu, with less salt and a light taste, but the taste is very good." ”

"Yes, Chef Xu is a Lu cuisine cook, but he doesn't like to add salt to stir-frying, which is different from other Lu cuisine chefs. Originally, he wasn't on duty today, but when I heard that you were coming, I had to come over and cook you a few specialty dishes. Coach Zhou paused, and then said: "In the past two years, our team has built a vegetable planting base and a livestock breeding base to provide pollution-free food for athletes. ”

"But isn't it, food safety is indeed too important for our athletes, and more than ten years of hard training may be ruined because of eating a bite of pork with clenbuterol. Now I don't even use any ripening agent for many vegetables, I don't grow them myself, and I really don't dare to give them to athletes. Coach Wang next to him said.

"Hey......" Coach Zhou sighed, and then said, "But growing vegetables and raising chickens by yourself is not a long-term solution!" Not to mention anything else, we can't afford to pay for the funds. Take this chicken as an example, the white chicken on the market will be out of the cage in less than 50 days, and the grass chicken time in the chicken farm will be better, but it will be three months at most. And the chickens we raise ourselves are not half the size of hormones in three months. Our athletes have to eat meat to supplement nutrition, how can a chicken have to raise for six months to have some meat, this time cost is a small thing, but the economic cost is too high! ”

Coach Zhou said and picked up a piece of spinach, and then said: "And this spinach, we grow our own spinach, many pesticides dare not be used, if you use it, I am afraid that athletes will have problems eating it." But if you don't use pesticides, the spinach will not grow up and will be eaten by insects, and the spinach we grow on an acre of land is not as long as someone else's half an acre. ”

"That's what Coach Zhou said!" Coach Wang next to him continued: "Now the cost of planting and animal husbandry is too high, fortunately, we are not trying to make money, but it is not a way to lose money like this." Since the end of last year's Olympic Games, the funding for sports has been cut a lot, and in 2008, we planted and livestock ourselves to feed the athletes, and there was a lot of money at that time. But the current funds, I'm afraid it won't last long, and it won't be able to continue. ”

It is an indisputable fact that sports funds are abundant during the Olympic Games in the capital, and after the Olympic Games, it is inevitable that sports funds will be reduced. The number of sports competitions in the country has decreased a lot, and the leagues of some sports are simply about to be unable to be held.

This is a drawback of the national system, even if you win more gold medals and win more championships, sports cannot drive upstream and downstream, and cannot form a sports industrial chain. Of course, there are exceptions, no matter how much money Chinese football throws at it, it may not be able to rise, everyone knows that it is not a matter of money at all!

Seeing Coach Zhou and Coach Wang complaining here, a smile appeared on Zhang Guan's face, and he had already seen that these two were singing double reeds in front of him.

They are here to ask Zhang Guan for money! (To be continued.) )