"Brother Fei, what did the CCTV reporter interview just now, how long will it take to be broadcast in China, and will we become celebrities in the future?"

Ah Hu was still very excited after the CCTV interview team left. Because he comes from a small place in a mountain village, those who can be on TV in his mind are all big people, and those who can be on CCTV are even more incredible.

Seeing Ah Hu's excited appearance, Zhang Yifei put his arms around his shoulders, intending to tease him.

"Do you want to be a celebrity on TV?"

Ah Hu didn't hear the ridicule in Zhang Yifei's tone, but replied very seriously: "Of course I want to, so that my parents can see me on TV." ”

Hearing Ah Hu's words, Zhang Yifei swallowed back the joke that had come to his lips. Because he originally thought that Ah Hu, a kid, just wanted to be on TV to show off, but he didn't expect it to be seen by his parents.

He knew that Ah Hu was from a small place in a mountain village, and his parents were old farmers facing the loess with their backs to the sky. One of the few channels to access information from the outside world, in addition to the radio, is the black-and-white TV that Ah Hu sent back.

"Become the chief mechanic of an F1 team so your parents can see you on TV."

"Isn't that difficult?"

Ah Hu replied with a sad face, he didn't think about it so much, he just felt that he couldn't speak English well now, and it was too difficult to become the chief technician of F1.

"Then work hard."

Zhang Yifei patted him on the shoulder, and then walked in front of Junko Takeda.

"How's it going to Le Mans, what does Toyota Europe say?"

In the face of Zhang Yifei's inquiry, Junko Takeda shook her head and replied: "Toyota Racing Division has issued a document to cancel the sponsorship of your Renault events, and decided to terminate the contract with you. ”

"What?"

Zhang Yifei was a little surprised, although he had expected it before, there must have been a change on Toyota's side, otherwise it would be impossible for the technical team to evacuate suddenly.

However, Zhang Yifei later analyzed logically that Toyota's sudden "divestment" move could almost be said to do more harm than good under his current reputation.

After all, the sponsorship of the event is a contract, and Toyota's doing so is equivalent to a breach of contract, and generally such a world-class enterprise does not need to do a breach of contract for this little thing.

"Did Toyota give a reason, why did they do it? Even if it's because of the Prost team, at least until I officially announce the signing, it's not a breach of contract with the Toyota team. ”

Zhang Yifei thought about it, and the only motive for Toyota to do this may be related to his signing for the Prost F1 team.

After all, he is nominally a member of the Toyota youth team, even if Toyota does not have a professional formula team, doing so is a kind of job hopping.

It's just that this reason is very far-fetched, Toyota's current youth team, to put it bluntly, is the nature of the driver academy, in order to form an F1 team in the future to accumulate experience, and the drivers in it are destined to leave.

Otherwise, you don't even have a formal professional team, so will the drivers continue to train forever in the academy base?

Toyota is also aware of this, so they did not set some high compensation clauses in the youth driver contract. If the youth driver wants to terminate the contract, he only needs to compensate for the small training costs, which is equivalent to paying the tuition himself.

So Zhang Yifei didn't take this youth driver contract seriously before, and in fact, it is impossible to take it seriously. Even if you don't enter the F1 team, Formula Renault will enter the F3 and F3000 level events after running, and at that time it was impossible to rely on individual alone, and it was destined to enter other teams.

But even if Toyota sees that it is "hot" and is unwilling to let it go, it should at least talk to itself. How can there be a commotion that does not say a word and directly withdraws the technical team?

And if Zhang Yifei remembers correctly, before he ran the race at Manikul, the Toyota technical team had already evacuated, and no one knew the agreement between himself and Prost at that time.

Zhang Yifei doesn't believe that Prost, a person who has won the title of "professor", will be a big mouth, and Toyota naturally can't have the ability to predict the future, which makes a bit of a sense of logic.

So although Zhang Yifei had expected this result in his heart, he couldn't figure out Toyota's motive in his heart.

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with the Prost team, because Toyota has reached an agreement with the Arrow team to buy it, so it has decided to cancel the current youth driver plan."

Toyota acquired the Arrow team?

This news surprised Zhang Yifei even more than Toyota's withdrawal, because it was a complete change in history.

Because historically, after the Arrow team participated in the 2001 season, it missed the 02 season due to financial problems, and finally survived until 03 years and declared bankruptcy.

When Zhang Yifei was in Japan before, he had already heard rumors that Toyota was planning to buy the Flying Arrow team. But at that time, Zhang Yifei had not experienced so many historical changes, and felt that it was only because the Arrow team was acquired by a Japanese company, so there were such rumors.

In addition, the Toyota team in history did not officially participate until 02, and now it is 1999, which is three years later, and the time is completely incorrect.

As a result, I didn't expect that history had changed more exaggerated than I thought, was it because I came to this world that these butterfly reactions occurred?

"Even if Toyota acquires the Arrow team, there is no need to withdraw the technical team in such a hurry, right?"

"Toyota's racing division didn't say this, but according to my colleague in Tokyo, the sudden cancellation of your sponsorship of Renault's events should have something to do with the shareholders of the original Flying Arrow team, which is a condition he proposed."

"I have a relationship with the shareholders of the Arrow Racing Team, when did I know the shareholders of the Flying Arrow Racing Team?"

Zhang Yifei couldn't laugh or cry, the reason for the termination of the contract was too nonsense, even at the Renault party, he didn't consider how the bankrupt team like Feijian could have anything to do with their shareholders.

"Do you remember Hank from the Toyota Academy?"

Yamamoto Youjing on the side said a name that Zhang Yifei was about to leave behind.

Hank? Zhang Yifei thought about it in his memory, and he remembered one thing, that is, this Hank, who seemed to be the son of a major shareholder of the Flying Arrow team.

At that time, Zhang Yifei also despised Hank because of this, and had such a good foundation, but he ended up messing around in the Toyota Academy.

Now it seems that behind this matter, it has something to do with this Hank.

"You mean that Hank, with the help of his father, pressured Toyota to cancel its sponsorship of me?"

"Well, Hank's father is the majority shareholder of the Arrow team, which basically determines the success of Toyota's acquisition of the Arrow team. If the acquisition of the Arrow team is successful, then Toyota's entry into the F1 paddock will save at least two years or more, so ......"

"So I was given up by Toyota."

Zhang Yifei helped Yamamoto Ukyo to complete the supplement, his tone was very flat, and there was no fluctuation in his heart.

Because for him now, his wings are already hard, and it doesn't matter whether Toyota gives up or not.

"Hit the streets! Toyota is too unkind, if you want to give up, say hello, this kind of sudden withdrawal of the technical team almost affected the game of Feige. ”

After Ah Hu heard this, he immediately said dissatisfied, he was much angrier than Zhang Yifei.

"Forget it, Toyota is already okay, let's get together and disperse."

Zhang Yifei signaled, after all, Junko Takeda and Ukyo Yamamoto are still from Toyota.

And then again, compared to Toyota's strategic approach to entering the F1 paddock, it is a matter of course to give up this small role of oneself.

People still have to be grateful, and along the way, the Toyota team has been regarded as "kind". Shengmien, fighting Mi Qiu, Zhang Yifei can't do it, even if the other party is a trick in the end.

Junko Takeda took out a document from her handbag at this time, handed it to Zhang Yifei and said: "Yifei-kun, this is the termination contract of the Toyota team, and there is no requirement for recovery in it, which is equivalent to a peaceful termination of the contract between the two parties." ”

The European Toyota Racing Organization, at this time, must also know the agreement between itself and Prost, and will soon become a contracted driver of the Prost team.

This termination contract did not put forward any requirements for recovery, even if it was free training Zhang Yifei, plus the free sponsorship of Renault in the first half of the European Cup, it could be regarded as not tearing his face.

Since this is the case, it is good to get together and disperse, Zhang Yifei did not hesitate, took the termination contract handed over by Junko Takeda, and directly signed his name, and from then on he will have nothing to do with Toyota.

Handing the contract text to Junko Takeda, Zhang Yifei asked at this time: "What about you, how does Toyota arrange it?" ”

"Go to Toyota's Le Mans headquarters and wait for the next appointment."

Junko Takeda said this in a heavy tone, although she was a member of Zhang Yifei's team, she was also an employee of Toyota. Even if she wants to stay in her heart, she also knows that with Zhang Yifei's current ability, there is no way to maintain the driver team by relying on herself.

"Sister Junko, are you leaving?"

He Ziling, who had been standing next to him and listening silently, asked in a sad tone at this time.

Zhang Yifei's driver team is a group of big men, only Junko Takeda is a girl with her, in ordinary life, Junko Takeda takes care of He Ziling like a big sister, and there is already a deep sisterly friendship between the two.

"Hmm."

Junko Takeda nodded, her eyes a little red, but this was the reality, and she had no choice.

After He Ziling heard it, he opened his mouth and wanted to say the words to stay, but he couldn't say the words when the words came to his mouth.

Because she is not qualified to say these words, no matter how reluctant she is in her heart, she is powerless to change this situation.

On the other side, Yamamoto Youkyo also took out a stack of materials and handed them to Zhang Yifei: "Yifeijun, here is the information I collected on the Silverstone Track, it's a bit messy, and I haven't had time to sort it out yet." Wait for the next stop to the UK, you can take a closer look. ”

Yamamoto Ukyo's voice was also a little choked, and he didn't want to leave in his heart.

After receiving the heavy stack of information from Yamamoto Ukyo, if Zhang Yifei hadn't reached an agreement with Prost in the morning, it is estimated that he couldn't help but have a sour nose at this moment.

"Ukyo, hard work. But what are you and Junko going to do, are you going to say goodbye, I didn't say I wanted to let you go. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yifei had a playful smile on his face.