241 Ring method

Participating in the Tour de France was originally just a whim of Lin Zhenhua, and the original intention was to encourage Lang Dong to develop the best bicycle. But Lang Dong listened to this and remembered it in his heart. He was a bicycleist, and he had heard of the famous Tour de France, but he didn't understand the specific details. Lin Zhenhua threatened to send someone to participate, which was exactly what Lang Dong wanted.

During this period, Lin Zhenhua was busy integrating Hanhua Heavy Industry. Lang Dong didn't have much work, so he focused on asking someone for information about the Tour de France. After inquiring about it, Lang Dong realized that it was not anyone who was qualified to participate in this competition, but that he had to get many places in international events before he could be invited to participate. Participants could not be personally qualified, but to join a team and maintain the funding for a team, which was often calculated at more than one million US dollars.

After understanding these, Lang Dong reported to Lin Zhenhua in disappointment. After hearing this, Lin Zhenhua laughed and said, "We can't participate in the competition, so it's okay to be a cheerleader?" As the saying goes, the key is to get involved."

"Add to the mix?" Lang Dong really couldn't adapt to Lin Zhenhua's language style. He would never know whether Lin Zhenhua's words were joking or serious.

Lin Zhenhua's subsequent series of actions proved that what he said was indeed serious about interfering.

First, Lin Zhenhua asked Lang Dong to produce 40 enhanced sports bicycles separately according to the participating standards. In order to reduce the weight of the body, Lin Zhenhua even contacted the Nandu Machinery Factory, which produced the fighter jets through military-indu relations, and obtained some aviation aluminum from others and handed it to Lang Dong as body material.

Then, Lin Zhenhua conducted another selection in the company, selecting 15 young workers with the strongest physical and athletic ability. As a player of the Hanhua Cycling Team, he was also sent to the provincial cycling team for a few months of professional training. In order to meet the needs of participating in the Tour de France, these workers also received simple French dialogue training to ensure that everyone can buy a hungry bread independently in France.

The next step is to apply for a visa for these team members to France, which is naturally left to the Provincial Foreign Trade Department to solve. When Hua Keqin first heard Lin Zhenhua’s request, he almost turned his nose apart. You know, participating in such a competition would at least cost more than 100,000 US dollars. This was a very rebellious act back then.

"Comrade Lin Zhenhua, your behavior is a complete waste of national property! Lenin once said that waste is the biggest crime!" Hua Keqin said furiously at Lin Zhenhua.

Lin Zhenhua laughed and said, "Director Hua, please calm down and listen to me explain to you."

"What are you explaining? Didn't you just earn some money and your tail is rising to the sky? Participating in the Tour de France? What's the necessity of such fun?" Hua Keqin scolded.

Lin Zhenhua asked back, "Director Hua, in your opinion, there is no need for our country to participate in the Olympics? What money is enough to buy how many bags of rice?"

Hua Keqin made Lin Zhenhua choke: "How can you compare with the Olympics like this? The Olympics are to show the image of the country. What are you?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "We are also promoting the image of the country. Look, last year, Xu Haifeng shot a gunshot to achieve a zero breakthrough in our country in the Olympics. How much role has this played in spreading our country's image? The same is true for us. If we can achieve a zero breakthrough in the Tour de France, it will be very beneficial for promoting our country, our Jiangnan Province, and our Hanhua Heavy Industry. Director Hua, you don't know that the impact of the Tour de France is second only to the Olympics in the international arena."

"It really has such a big impact?" Hua Keqin asked suspiciously.

"Of course," Lin Zhenhua said, "This is what our Manager Lang has personally gone to inquire."

When Lin Zhenhua said this, Lang Dong was not present. Lin Zhenhua also firmly believed that with Hua Keqin's identity, he would definitely not go to face Lang Dong with confrontation.

"So, do you think you can win a medal in this competition and win glory for the country?" Hua Keqin's tone softened.

"No!" Lin Zhenhua replied simply.

Hua Keqin was a little surprised: "Why?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "Because we are not qualified to participate at all."

"Then what are you still talking to me here?" Hua Keqin was annoyed again. After talking for a long time, you didn't even have the qualifications to participate. Isn't this playing tricks on a department-level cadre?

Lin Zhenhua said: "Director Hua, you don't understand it. The spirit of the Olympics is that it focuses on participation, and the same is true for our attitude. This time we went to France, just to participate. It doesn't matter if we don't have the qualifications to participate. We can follow the athletes all the way. Think about it, if our cycling team followed the entire Tour de France schedule and walked 3,000 kilometers in France, how much sensation would it cause?"

Hua Keqin began to calm down: "Kobayashi, are you talking seriously?"

"Of course it's serious." Lin Zhenhua wanted to take out his heart and show it to Hua Keqin. "If it's not serious, I'll be fine to have enough to make you laugh?"

"Well, okay, I'll arrange someone to help you do this." Hua Keqin finally nodded. Although he could not fully understand Lin Zhenhua's intention, he could feel from what Lin Zhenhua said that Lin Zhenhua was not impulsive. He should have done this after careful consideration.

Xie Chunyan, chairman of Hanhua Heavy Industry, and Su Baocheng, general manager, were also unable to understand Lin Zhenhua's great fanfare to organize riders to participate in the Tour de France, but they were eventually convinced by Lin Zhenhua like Hua Keqin. In this way, before the Tour de France started, Hanhua Heavy Industry's cycling team was led by Lang Dong and Chu Hongyang to France.

"How about it, what have you done these days?" Lin Zhenhua and Schumann rushed from Frankfurt to Paris. When they saw Lang Dong and Chu Hongyang, they asked this.

Chu Hongyang said happily: "We have not been idle these days. We have been riding around the city of Paris for several laps. Now basically, the people in Paris know that a team came from China and wanted to participate in the Tour de France."

"Oh, Hongyang, you're all tanned." Shuman touched Chu Hongyang's arm and said with heartache.

"It's okay, it's healthier to have a black spot." Chu Hongyang said with a happy smile.

Lin Zhenhua was too lazy to see the couple's cramped look, so he turned his head and asked Lang Dong, "Old Lang, aren't you crazy with them?"

Lang Dong sighed and said, "Oh, it's all my fault that I didn't pay attention to protecting my body. If I hadn't gotten this disease, I could ride with them twice. Now I can only stay in the hotel and serve as logistics for them."

Lin Zhenhua hurriedly comforted him and said, "Old man, it is actually very important to be a logistics company. If these young people have no experience, they need old comrades like you to sit in the back."

Lang Dong said: "However, I haven't been idle these two days. Hongyang and the others are doing publicity outside, so I'm interviewing reporters in the hotel. I've told all the stories you made up for me to the reporters. By the way, you read today's newspaper, and there are photos of our company on it."

All of this was planned by Lin Zhenhua. He arranged for Chu Hongyang to take the cycling team to sway the market on the streets of Paris, and at the same time distributed small leaflets about the Chinese cycling team participating in the Tour de France to attract people's attention. At the same time, he contacted several local French newspapers through Parisian merchants who had served five-leaf fans and waterfall-style washing machines, and spent money to ask them to interview and create momentum. With some of the earliest reports, other news media were quickly attracted.

Making stories is also one of the propaganda techniques that Lin Zhenhua learned in later generations. He composed a very legendary story for Lang Dong, and described Lang Dong as a family of workers who made bicycles from three generations. He said that participating in the Tour de France was the ideal of Lang Dong's grandfather's generation. It was not until today that Lang Dong led his workers to realize it.

In order to further exaggerate the atmosphere, Lin Zhenhua also asked Lang Dong to bring some photos of Xun since his early years and photos of Hanhua Heavy Industry today to the reporters who came to interview. These photos with historical value are much more interesting in the newspaper than the dry interview content.

Of course, in all news content, the biggest selling point is that the cycling team led by Lang Dong came from Red China. At that time, China had just opened its doors and the Western people were full of interest in everything about China. Lin Zhenhua turned against the "propaganda accent" used by the Chinese government when conducting foreign propaganda, and changed to such a highly affinity communication method, which naturally attracted the attention of French media and audiences.

"Xiaohua, you don't know that these days, when we were riding our bikes through the streets of Paris, many French people were standing by the roadside to watch us, especially French girls..." Chu Hongyang said enthusiastically. When talking about girls, he subconsciously stopped talking, as if he knew that he had said the wrong thing.

"Hongyang, as far as I know, French girls are very enthusiastic and unrestrained. A young man as good as you, is there any girl who takes the initiative to throw herself into your arms?" Lin Zhenhua asked with a smile. As soon as he said that he clearly saw that Schuman's lips were bent into a curve. Lin Zhenhua thought evilly that Chu Hongyang probably would have to kneel on the spokes of the bicycle tonight.

"No, no! Really no." Chu Hongyang's forehead had beads of sweat the size of beans. He quickly explained to Shuman: "Xiaoman, don't listen to Xiaohua's random talk. He just was jealous of me getting married and trying to provoke our relationship."

Schumann said in a gentle tone: "Hongyang, I didn't say anything. By the way, why didn't you continue to say French girls?"

"Well..." Chu Hongyang stammered, "This, well, by the way, French girls are indeed very enthusiastic and unrestrained. However, they are not enthusiastic and unrestrained to me, but others. By the way, Peng Jun, you know you, there is a French girl who went up and kissed him."
Chapter completed!