How did I become an F1 driver?

After this race, Hamilton's chances of winning his eighth championship have been reduced again, and the points gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen has been further narrowed. Now the points gap between the two is only 13 points.

At the same time, Ye Yifei also ended his short yet long F1 substitute career after this game.

Because Ricciardo will be back in the next race.

Ye Yifei's performance in this round of substitution did not disappoint the Lynk & Co team's trust in him.

So far, Ye Yifei has played a total of 5 games for the Lynk & Co team, one of which was close to the entrance of the points zone, scoring twice, and in the case of fire-fighting, he earned two points in the second game of his career.

If the performance of the Lynk & Co racing car was a little better, Ye Yifei would have been able to score points in the first race of his career.

Of course, although Ye Yifei's performance in these four races surprised everyone, Ye Yifei is still a Ferrari man after all, and in the eyes of many people, Ricciardo is still the talented driver from Red Bull.

Lynk & Co is only optimistic about Ye Yifei's future, but now Lynk & Co wants a driver who is ready to fight.

Since Ye Yifei, a quasi-rookie driver, has performed so well after coming to the track, although he is not better than Kakuda, the two can barely be considered to be evenly matched. Lynk & Co dare not even imagine how useful Ricciardo is.

Lynk & Co is not greedy either. Their expectation for Ricciardo is basically that he finishes near the entrance to the points zone in every race. They will be satisfied if he gets lucky enough to enter the points zone a few times.

Of course, looking for a driver at this time is really like scratching a lottery ticket. No one knows what you will get.

And Ricciardo also has a precedent. He returned to Red Bull after McLaren couldn't make it and his contract was terminated early. No one knows whether Ricciardo's lottery ticket can really be cashed in.

The reason why Lynk & Co insists on continuing to use Ricardo is because Ricardo has proven himself in Red Bull after all. Compared with Ye Yifei, who has no foundation and only a nationality advantage, Ricardo's card has a significantly higher chance of winning the prize.

Of course, Lynk & Co is not planning to give up on Ye Yifei. Keeping him in the team as a test driver is to train him as a reserve driver.

At the same time, after the race, the team standings are as follows:
1. Mercedes: 649
2. Red Bull: 535
3. Ferrari: 246
4. Aston Martin: 177
5. McLaren: 159
6. Alpine: 67
7. Williams: 18
8. Alfa Romeo: 13
9. Haas: 7
10. Lynk & Co: 6
There is nothing much to say about the team standings. Mercedes is definitely the team champion of the 23rd season. Now it depends on whether Lynk & Co can surpass Haas in the standings in the remaining time of this season.

Although these two points are just a matter of one race for the big teams, or even top drivers like Qin Miao.

But in fact, for these small and medium-sized teams, these two points mean the difference of millions of dollars in income for one ranking.

It is extremely difficult for them to get one or two points.

It is worth mentioning that now the number of points obtained by any one of Qin Miao, Pan Zi and the old man is more than that of the entire Ferrari team.

It’s also very abstract.

After the competition, Qin Miao participated in many activities in the local area.

We left Qatar on the third day.

The next race after Qatar is the United States Grand Prix.

It's humorous to say.

When the FIA ​​originally drew up the calendar, it strictly required that a country be allowed to host only one Grand Prix per year.

This year, there are three US Grand Prix.

It can only be said that under Ben Sulayem's leadership, the FIA's goal has changed from developing F1 to making F1 profitable.

But it has to be said that he did a better job in this regard than Jean Todd.

There is nothing wrong with what Ben Sulayem did. After all, F1 is a business alliance in the final analysis, and everyone has their own work and life.

In short, you need to eat...

Let’s put these aside for now. Qin Miao returned to China after finishing his work.

There is a week's break after the Qatar Grand Prix, followed by the United States Grand Prix.

Now it is the end of the year, and although Mercedes has still had some upgrades, there are no new aerodynamic upgrades for the US Grand Prix, and Qin Miao does not need to return to the factory in Brackley to familiarize himself with the car.

So you can go to the United States on Wednesday of the competition week.

This time when I returned to China, in addition to going home to rest for a few days, I also needed to complete a lot of things arranged by Qiu Meng.

All in all, Qiu Meng found a lot of endorsements for Qin Miao and made a lot of investments in this year. Now it is almost the end of the year, and Qin Miao needs to renew the contract, and some are new sponsors who need to sign.

Of course, the problem was easy for Qin Miao to solve. After getting off the plane, he went directly to the notary office and signed all the contracts that had been prepared long ago.

On the way home, under normal circumstances, Qin Miao would not look at these documents.

But on the way back, Qin Miao slept all the way and forgot to charge his phone. There was no place to charge it after landing, so he was a little bored on the way back. So Qin Miao couldn't help but take out the endorsement contract arranged by Qiu Meng for him out of curiosity and started to read it.

In these contracts, all you need to give up is your portrait rights, and Party B can print your photo on the product for promotional purposes, and you don't even need to shoot commercials.

In addition, there are also endorsements of electronic products, such as ROG Republic of Gamers and Aofeng Gaming Chair.

After all, Qin Miao likes to play games, and many car fans know that he broadcasts his game playing live when he has time. It is not difficult to understand why these companies come to Qin Miao for endorsement.

Of course, there are also several investment documents.

Compared to endorsement contracts that offer the chance to get something for free, Qin Miao is not planning to look at these investment documents. After all, Qin Miao doesn't understand things like investments.

Until Qin Miao noticed a familiar name.

"miHoYo? Game Science?"

Qin Miao scratched his head. After all, as someone who played games frequently, Qin Miao naturally knew these two domestic game companies.

One of them produced "Genshin Impact", and the other one now maintains the rhythm of releasing a promotional video on August 20th every year to promote its own game "Black Myth: Wukong".

But he really didn't know that his family actually owned shares in these two companies.

After opening it and taking a look, Qin Miao's mouth twitched.

He actually owns 2% of miHoYo’s shares?
This seems to be a unicorn company in the second dimension, right? Its market value seems to be over 1000 billion now...

Even if 2% is not much, 2% of 20 billion is billion!

Such a big thing... Qiu Meng didn't even tell me???

Faced with such a terrifying market value, Game Science seems to be a little underwhelming, although Qin Miao is still looking forward to the launch of "Black Myth: Wukong".

But so far, Youke has not achieved any outstanding results, and no one knows whether "Black Myth: Wukong" will suddenly die.

Qin Miao returned home with mixed feelings. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qiu Meng, Qin Muchu, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law basking in the sun on the artificial lawn at home.

The sky in Changsha is gloomy most of the time in October. It is rare to see the sun shining brightly like today, and it is indeed a good day for sunbathing. After seeing Qin Miao coming back, Qiu Meng smiled and waved to Qin Miao, and her mother-in-law walked directly to Qin Miao and took the suitcase from Qin Miao's hand.

"No need, Mom. I can do it."

"Ya Zi, it's okay. You didn't get a good rest these days when you were abroad. We also watched the game that day. Everyone was exhausted. Now that you are home, just have a good rest."

Qin Miao did not insist even after his mother-in-law said so. He let go of her hand and said, "Mom, that big box is full of dirty clothes. Just throw them directly into the washing machine."

"Okay, I'll sort these things out. Go check on your daughter first and see if she still recognizes you."

Qin Miao smiled, nodded, and walked over.

Before Qin Miao came, Qiu Meng and his father-in-law and mother-in-law were letting little Muqiu practice walking on the lawn. Now that Qin Miao came, there was naturally one more walking route between the two adults.

Qin Miao sat down directly on the lawn next to his father-in-law and opened his arms towards Xiao Muqiu, who was still a little staggering in Qiu Meng's arms but could walk a few steps forward with a little support.

Little Muchu looked at Qin Miao in confusion, then looked at his grandfather, and then resolutely walked into his grandfather's arms.

After seeing this scene, my father-in-law laughed particularly happily.

After seeing this scene, Qin Miao reached out and touched Xiao Muchu's hair helplessly.

But at this moment, Qin Miao did not feel any blame towards Xiao Muqiu. After all, he was working away from home all year round and could not find time to accompany her.

It's normal that she doesn't recognize herself.

Looking at Xiao Muchu, who had grown a lot after not seeing him for a long time, Qin Miao couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

When this guy was just born, he was so small that I felt it was too small even when I held him in my arms with both hands. I was afraid that he would fall accidentally.

But now the lanugo on his head is gone, black hair has grown out, and it has a small watermelon-shaped head.

She can also walk unsteadily with the help of adults. Seeing her daughter like this, Qin Miao felt as if she was in another world.

At this time, Qin Muchu was staring at Qin Miao with an expression that said, "I'm not sure, let's wait and see."

After taking a closer look at Qin Miao, the little guy finally realized what was going on.

Oh! This Zhong Deng who suddenly appeared is his father.

After recognizing Qin Miao, the little guy no longer had any resistance to Qin Miao.

He stretched out his hands to Qin Miao and asked for a hug.

Qin Miao naturally smiled and hugged his daughter in his arms. The feeling of returning home to see his family and hugging his daughter really made Qin Miao intoxicated.

At this time, the father-in-law also stood up, patted his butt and said to Qin Miao: "Now that you are back, take a good rest. I'm going to smoke a cigarette."

"Okay, Dad. Oh, by the way, I brought you two packs of Marlboro Extra Rich. They're in the suitcase. When the time comes, you can..."

Before Qin Miao could finish his words, his father-in-law, who had just been walking towards the door of his house, turned around and walked towards the house in a hurry, looking impatient.

Watching his father-in-law leave, Qin Miao held Qin Muchu and sat next to Qiu Meng and asked curiously, "Didn't our parents go out to play with mom? Why are they at home?"

Qiu Meng hugged Qin Miao's arm from the other side and was laughing foolishly. After hearing Qin Miao's question, she explained, "After knowing that we were back, they temporarily interrupted their trip, parked their car at 318, and flew back by plane."

"Mom went out to buy groceries. She should be back soon."

Qin Miao nodded, then wiped the saliva that Xiao Muchu had rubbed on his face, and kissed Xiao Muchu's little face with his backhand.

After Qin Miao kissed Xiao Muchu, Xiao Muchu didn't show any intention of resisting. Instead, he opened his mouth and smiled foolishly.

After playing with her daughter for a while, Qiu Meng looked at her phone and said, "It's almost time. It's not good to be in the sun for too long. Let's take the child back first."

Qin Miao nodded and stood up. When he went back, Qin Miao asked, "By the way, wife, when did you invest in miHoYo?"

Qiu Meng asked in surprise: "You actually know how to read those documents?"

Qin Miao coughed dryly and said, "I didn't mean to look at it. I just looked around when I came back to see if there were any sponsors I could get some benefits from, and then I saw those."

After hearing Qin Miao's explanation, Qiu Meng nodded in understanding: "That's what I said."

Qin Miao:......

Seeing Qin Miao's speechless expression, Qiu Meng smiled and explained, "I invested when you just won your first F2 championship."

Qiu Meng explained.

Qin Miao scratched his head: "We probably didn't have much money at the time, right? How much did you invest to get this 2% stake?"

Qiu Meng held up three fingers.

Qin Miao asked in surprise: "Three hundred thousand? Or three million? But no matter how you think about it, it's impossible to get 2% of miHoYo's shares, right?"

Qiu Meng rolled her eyes in annoyance: "How is that possible? Although miHoYo was short of money at the time, it didn't lack this little money."

"Then how did you get in? And how much did it cost?"

"I paid to get in." Qiu Meng explained: "When I talked to them, I said, I only want 2% of miHoYo's shares, just tell me how much you want."

"and then?"

"Then they offered $1400 million and I bargained it down to $1200 million."

"1200 million...you show me three fingers?"

"Stupid, the thumb is 1000 million, the middle finger and index finger are 200 million."

"Okay." Qin Miao scratched his head. "Looking back now, no matter how much money I spent, it was all right as long as I bought the shares of Mihoyo. But I'm a little curious. Where did you get the 1200 million? With my salary at the time, I couldn't raise that much money even if I sold it, right?"

At this time, the two of them also returned home. Qiu Meng opened a bottle of soda water for Qin Miao, took Qin Muchu from Qin Miao's arms and explained, "Yes, you were extremely poor at that time."

Before Qin Miao could say anything, Qiu Meng said, "I happened to have some Bitcoin at the time. I sold it when the price of Bitcoin rose to $91 per Bitcoin and got $ in return."

"It was worth more than 6, close to 7 million at the time."

Qin Miao did not ask Qiu Meng how a high school graduate could have Bitcoin at that time, but simply spread his hands and said: "Isn't it still more than 600 million short?" (End of this chapter)