Why race if you don’t have money?

Chapter 52: Sister with Multiple Jobs

When Chen Xiangbei arrived at the racing base in Chongming, it was already one o'clock in the morning.

In order to establish its own formula system, Huasai Sports chose Chongming Island in the East China Sea, where land prices are relatively cheap, to build a 3.7-kilometer-long track specifically for training and competitions for formula students.

Among them, the China Karting Championship led by Huasai has trained a group of outstanding drivers such as Zhang Zhiqiang, Cao Hongwei, and Zhang Zhendong, who have successively become annual champions of the China Touring Car Championship (CTCC).

It can be said that although Zhang Zhicong's formula system failed to take off, it unexpectedly supported half of China's RV system.

Especially the driver Zhang Zhendong, who later became Han Han's teammate and won four CTCC annual championships.

In the movie "Speeding Life", the prototype of Lin Zhendong, played by Huang Jingyu, is actually Zhang Zhendong.

However, now that the Huasai Sports Building is about to collapse, the CKC (China Karting Championship) events have been discontinued, and the students who once trained here have left one after another, leaving only foreign technical personnel waiting for their contracts to expire at the end of the year.

This is why, when Zhang Zhicong felt there was no hope of creating a miracle, Liang Chi was anxiously urging Chen Xiangbei to come to Donghai.

The last month or so of 2008 marked the end of the "life" of Huasai Sports.

Not long after, Zhang Zhicong's Audi A6 also arrived at the gate of the racing base. Compared with Chen Xiangbei and Liang Chi, Zhang Zhicong's face showed obvious fatigue.

After all, he had been driving alone for more than ten hours and had not yet experienced the excitement of a car race on the road, so it was normal for him to feel a little lethargic.

After getting off the car, Liang Chi looked at the faded sign above the gate and said with deep emotion, "Lao Zhang, I never thought I would come here again one day, and I never thought that Huasai would only have this last month or so."

In response to Liang Chi's sigh, Zhang Zhicong simply sighed and silently replied, "I tried my best."

Indeed, building an equation system in China in the early 2000s was not something that could be done by one person or one company.

Even if another twenty years pass, there is still no complete Chinese equation system.

Zhang Zhicong paid the price for his unrealistic fantasy, but made great contributions to China's racing career.

If it was when he had just resigned, Liang Chi might have had some arguments when hearing this, but now that he has reached the end of the Huasai competition, it has become meaningless to debate who is right and who is wrong.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go in."

Liang Chi stopped talking at the right time and walked into the gate of the racing base with his luggage.

The main building of Huasai Sports' racing base consists of an office building, a garage, and a dormitory building.

The office building was now deserted, and there was no need to go to the garage so late at night, so Chen Xiangbei and the others naturally went to the dormitory building. This was once the resting place for the Huasai Formula One team of technicians, but now most of the racing technicians have been laid off, leaving many rooms vacant.

After going up to the second floor, Zhang Zhicong stopped in front of a single room. With the help of the corridor light, Chen Xiangbei saw Liang Chi's name on the doorplate.

"Lao Liang, I still have your old room. The interior has not been changed. Now that you are back, you can stay in this room."

Hearing Zhang Zhicong's words and looking at the familiar room in front of him, Liang Chi was instantly filled with mixed emotions.

"Xiangbei, you can stay in the room next door. We can fill in any missing items tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Zhang."

Chen Xiangbei nodded and walked into the dormitory with his luggage.

When I turned on the light, I saw that the furnishings inside were very simple, just a bed, a wardrobe, and a desk.

In his previous life, Chen Xiangbei trained abroad and lived in a similar single dormitory. He had no difficulty adapting to this environment.

After a quick tidy up in his room, Chen Xiangbei took a shower and fell asleep. He was still growing up, and it was almost two in the morning, so he was a little sleepy.

Not knowing how long he had slept, Chen Xiangbei vaguely heard a clear and pleasant female voice coming from his ear.

"Chen Xiangbei, being late for practice on the first day is not a good sign."

Chen Xiangbei thought he was dreaming, so he ignored the sound and turned over, intending to continue sleeping. But then he felt someone blowing into his ear. This warm and itchy feeling was definitely not something you could experience in a dream.

After realizing this, Chen Xiangbei opened his eyes and found a woman's face in front of him.

Her facial features are three-dimensional and bright, her skin is fair, her lips are painted with bright red lipstick, and her big wavy hair makes her look like a Hong Kong actress on TV.

The two of them stared at each other for a second or two before Chen Xiangbei reacted. He sat up suddenly and asked, "Who are you?"

Chen Xiangbei remembered that he locked the door before going to bed last night. Where on earth did this woman come from?

Seeing Chen Xiangbei's "frightened" look, the strange woman covered her mouth and laughed secretly, then replied: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Lu Xiaoman, you can also call me Sister Xiaoman."

"For the next period of time, I will serve as your doctor, trainer, and nutritionist."

"Holding so many positions?"

Chen Xiangbei said subconsciously that he had joined a professional racing team in his previous life. Even though the scale was much smaller than F1, he still had never been in such a situation where he had to take on multiple roles.

For an event team, professional matters should be left to professionals, and the more they do, the better is not the case.

"Do you think Huasai can still afford to hire so many people now?"

Lu Xiaoman replied helplessly that if her parents had not had a personal relationship with Zhang Zhicong, she would have probably quit her job.

"By the way, Chen Xiangbei, Engineer Liang said you haven't had any experience in professional racing, but I noticed that you seem to have practiced."

As Lu Xiaoman spoke, she stretched out her slender fingers and pointed at Chen Xiangbei's neck.

Even when ordinary people exercise, they often prioritize training their arms or chest and back. Except for drivers and professional fighters, almost no one starts training the neck and shoulder muscles.

Just now, when Lu Xiaoman was teasing Chen Xiangbei, she found that his neck was much thicker than that of a normal high school student, with obvious signs of muscle training. He did not look like the racing rookie Liang Chi said.

"Well, I trained on my own for a while, as a way to prepare for my career."

Hearing Chen Xiangbei's words, Lu Xiaoman nodded and replied, "Very good, I appreciate boys who are well prepared."

"But you're not ready enough today. The Honda technical team is already waiting in the garage. They will conduct a preliminary assessment and training on you."

So early?
Chen Xiangbei was a little surprised that Liang Chi did not make an appointment with him last night.

"Um...Sister Xiaoman, can you please step out for a moment?"

"what's wrong?"

Lu Xiaoman asked back in confusion.

"I want to get dressed."

Hearing this, Lu Xiaoman chuckled and said, "You're still shy, huh?"

But despite the joking, she immediately turned around and walked out of the room.

Accompanied by the "tick-tick" sound of high heels, Chen Xiangbei could see Lu Xiaoman's clothes clearly.

She wore a light-colored shirt, a plaid skirt, and thick black stockings. Her camel-colored trench coat and high heels gave her the image of an urban career woman, completely different from the sporty style of the female crew members Chen Xiangbei had met.

In addition, Lu Xiaoman held several positions, so he couldn't help but doubt her professionalism.

But then I thought, I haven't even touched a go-kart yet, so why do I need any professional logistics staff? It would be good enough to have one!

PS: Brothers, awesome work! "Circle" actually made it into the top ten of the new book list yesterday. It feels like it’s showing signs of a comeback.

(End of this chapter)