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Take a trip to Cheng Kun to find ＂new＂ Jinkouhe deep observation ｜ ＂Underachievers＂ want to turn over.

Sichuan online Leshan Xun (Wang Fei) In the first quarter, Jinkouhe received nearly 200,000 tourists, and the comprehensive tourism income was 67.8348 million yuan, an increase of 12.78% over last year.

The rapid growth of the cultural tourism market benefits from the improvement of transportation — — At the end of last year, the new chengdu-kunming railway was opened to traffic, and the E-Han Expressway was connected to the Jinkou River, which has since entered the era of "double highs".

Towards the era of "high speed", the "underachievers" hiding in the depths of the canyon vowed to fight a beautiful turnaround.

To benefit from barren hills, small blueberries turn into cash cows.

Starting from Jinkouhe South Station, about half an hour’s drive, the report team came to the modern agricultural alpine blueberry garden in Jinkouhe District.

Modern agricultural alpine blueberry garden in Jinkouhe District. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

Blueberry Orchard is located in the alpine valley of Xinhe Village, Yi nationality township in Gong ‘an, where more than 20 varieties and 30,000 blueberries blossom and bear fruit. Xiao Qiulin, deputy director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Jinkouhe District, said that the cultivated land in Jinkouhe District is mainly concentrated in high altitude areas. There are many barren hills and woodlands in the middle and low altitude areas, which are idle and have not brought into full play the greatest economic benefits.

"To benefit from idle barren hills and woodlands". After several investigations, since 2019, Jinkouhe District has planted 3,120 mu of alpine blueberries in Heping Yi Township and Gong ‘an Yi Township, with an annual output value of 21 million yuan last year.

Making good use of the East-West cooperation mechanism, the Jinkouhe District Government reached an agreement with Zhejiang Lanmei Technology Co., Ltd. and other enterprises to jointly develop the blueberry industry of 10,000 mu, and build an alpine blueberry garden with the integration of scenic spots in the producing areas and an idyllic park. By transferring land, working in the garden, participating in shares and sharing dividends, it established an interest linkage mechanism with the surrounding people, which only drove 249 people around to work during the construction period, achieving an increase of 4.2 million yuan in labor services.

Blueberries that gradually blossom and bear fruit. (photo by Wang Fei)

At present, the blueberry orchard has built a comprehensive agricultural service center and 121 sightseeing picking sheds, and the blueberry harvest is in sight. Luo Xuyang, general manager of Leshan Blueprint Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. said that the construction of the park highlights the integration of agriculture and tourism, and integrates functions such as sightseeing picking, popular science tasting, "Industry-University-Research" and "entertainment shopping". "Every weekend, many citizens come to play with their children."

This is just the beginning. Xiao Qiulin introduced that according to the agreement, Zhejiang Lanmei Co., Ltd. will develop the "Lanmei No.1" intensive processing project in Jinkouhe.

At present, the dried blueberry production line with an annual output of 1,000 tons invested and built by the company has landed in Jinkouhe Industrial Park, which cooperates with the east and west of Zhejiang. By the end of 2024, the planting area of "Lanmei No.1" in the whole region will reach 12,000 mu, and the blueberry dried fruit production line can achieve full production and operation; In 2026, "Lanmei No.1" blueberry planting will be extended to the surrounding counties, and strive to reach 35,000 mu. Zhejiang Lanmei Co., Ltd. will invest in the construction of anthocyanin extraction project in Jinkouhe District. By then, the annual output value of blueberry industry in Jinkouhe River is expected to exceed 500 million yuan.

Let tourism be the engine, and the underachievers should strive for the advanced.

Crossing the city along the Dadu River, the road is surrounded by enclosures, and the sound of tinkling is one after another. "Two hydropower stations, Shaping I and Zhentouba II, are under construction." Yu Tinggang, member of the party group and deputy director of the Jinkouhe District Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, said.

Jinkou River is rich in hydropower resources. 58 large and small hydropower stations are scattered all over the region, creating its unique lakes and mountains.

Our destination, located in Shengli Village, yong he zhen, is the Dadu River Gorge in Sichuan, which is known as the "Top Ten Most Beautiful Grand Canyon in China".

A corner of the Dadu River Canyon in Sichuan. (photo by Wang Fei)

Due to the rising water level of the first-class hydropower station of Zhentouba, the turbulent Dadu River was "intercepted" here after crossing the cliffs with a total length of 26 kilometers, forming a wide water surface.

Taking advantage of this unique resource, Jinkouhe vigorously promotes the development of tourism and allows ordinary people to earn money at home. "I became a commentator in the Railway Corps Museum, and my children started a farmhouse." Wang Banghua, a villager in Shengli Village, said that villagers have started homestays and sold local products such as Laoying tea, bacon and pepper. "During the Spring Festival this year, there are so many people who come to play with us! There are not enough rooms, and the sofas are rushing to sleep. "

A corner of Shengli village. (photo by Wang Fei)

"It is hard to find a room, which is a sweetness and an early warning." Yu Tinggang explained that Jinkou River is rich in tourism resources, including not only the Grand Canyon, Dawa Mountain, Baixionggou and other natural landscapes, but also the Railway Corps Museum, the third-line construction culture and the Yi culture. Entering the "double-height era", the Jinkou River, which was raised in a boudoir, gradually entered people’s field of vision.

"Tourism will surely become a new engine for the economic development of Jinkouhe, but at present there are still shortcomings in our supporting facilities." Yu Tinggang said that underachievers should also strive for advancement. In order to make a turnaround, Jinkouhe will make great efforts in improving traffic conditions, equipping hotels and other infrastructure, and upgrading tourism formats.

Carry forward and inherit the brewing skills of Guizhou tea, and the sense of non-legacy cultural acceptance ceremony is full.

On the afternoon of January 7th, a special ceremony was held in Guiyang. With the witness of nearly 200 tea experts and scholars, Shi Hai, a representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Guizhou tea brewing technology, brought 10 young tea makers from Jiangsu, Fujian, Chongqing, Guangdong and the province under his command to inherit Guizhou tea culture and boost Guizhou tea industry in the way of China traditional apprentices.
According to reports, Shi Hai is a national first-class appraiser (tea appraisal and tea art), a gold medal winner of the first professional skill competition of tea appraisers in Guizhou Province, a winner of the "Wu Juenong Contribution Award" for China tea, an editorial board member of "China Tea Complete Book", the secretary general of the Guizhou Secretariat of the National Teahouse Office, and a visiting professor at Guizhou University of Technology. He studied under Mou Xiaohu, the son of Mou Yingshu, a leading figure in Guizhou tea industry, and a non-genetic inheritor of provincial traditional handmade tea, and has been committed to making tea in Guizhou. He is an ambassador for the promotion of Guizhou tea series such as Pu ‘anhong, Duyun Maojian, Waterfall Mao Feng and Guqing. In the past 10 years, he has not only promoted Guizhou tea to the inside and outside of the Great Wall, but also used his unique brewing techniques to make Guizhou tea sweet, mellow and fragrant, which has intoxicated many foreigners in Japan, South Korea, Europe, America and Southeast Asia.
"Guizhou tea culture needs to be promoted from generation to generation, tea-making skills need to be passed down from generation to generation, and Guizhou tea brands need to be promoted by Qi Xin." At the ceremony, Zhu Jun, a famous rural craftsman in Guizhou province and deputy secretary-general of Guizhou Secretariat of National Star Teahouse, Wu Guangwen, inheritor of Duyun Maojian tea making skills and deputy secretary-general of Qiannan Tea Association, Wei Rongquan, reviewer of National Star Teahouse, vice president of Duyun Maojian Tea Industry Development Chamber of Commerce and expert in rural tea making, Zhou Xiaoxiao, a national first-class tea technician and top ten innovative talents in Guizhou tea industry, and Liao Juan, a senior tea artist and teahouse manager, Lin Liping, the head of Lingfeng Science and Technology Industrial Park in Guizhou, Wu Mei, a senior tea artist, Li Wenting, a senior tea critic and intermediate tea artist, Liu Ahui, a counselor of Guiyang University Affiliated to the National People’s Congress, and Wan Qin, a researcher of tea culture, and other 10 tea people, in accordance with the traditional etiquette of accepting disciples, in a solemn atmosphere, paid homage to Cha Sheng Lu Yu, read a letter of introduction, the apprentice presented a post to the teacher, the master replied, and the master paid tribute to the teacher.
"Apprenticeship and apprenticeship are the inheritance of traditional culture. As an important part of Chinese excellent traditional culture, tea culture should be carried forward and passed down. In particular, Guizhou, as the province with the largest tea planting area in China, needs cultural empowerment for industrial development." After witnessing Shihai’s apprentice-receiving ceremony, nearly 200 tea experts, scholars and tea people from both inside and outside the province said that after participating in this activity which originated from ancient law and has an innovative atmosphere of the times, they have gained a little more knowledge and understanding about the inheritance of mentoring and enhancing cultural confidence. There are 7 million mu of tea in Guizhou, and more tea people are needed to promote tea culture, join in tea technology and strengthen tea industry.
"Receiving apprentices means a heavier responsibility for inheritance." "Appreciating the teacher also means a heavier responsibility for inheritance." After the apprentice ceremony, Shi Hai and his disciples said that Guizhou tea has great potential and broad space in terms of cultural background, natural environment, climatic conditions, tea-making technology, brewing technology, brand building, marketing promotion, market expansion, chain extension, etc. From now on, it is a brand-new starting point to concentrate on promoting Guizhou tea.
"The spread of tea culture should start with young people and start with students. Our college needs tea culture scholars like Mr. Shi Hai more." At the acceptance ceremony, Shi Hai was also hired as a visiting professor by Guizhou City Vocational College, and Wang Huawei, the dean and doctoral supervisor of the college, issued a letter of appointment.
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Fifty years ago, the ＂war＂ in the automobile industry： the unsuccessful acquisition of Ford and Ferrari.

Source: Tiger Sniffing APP
Original title: If you don’t sell yourself, I will hammer you.
Author: Sun Mingyuan
On May 21st, 1963, Don Fryer, Vice President of Ford, and many senior executives arrived in Maranello. In a small conference room, there were all Ford and a team of professional lawyers at one end, and Enzo Ferrari and several local lawyers at the other end. At first, it seemed to go smoothly, but suddenly Enzo put down his contract documents, took out his famous pen filled with purple ink from his suit and wrote on the left side of a paragraph: "No, I can’t accept this one!" "
(Enzo wrote "No, that‘s not OK" with a purple ink pen on the left side of the contract, originally in Italian)
Then the two sides went through a long negotiation, and finally Enzo said faintly to the lawyer on the side, "Come on, let’s go to dinner." Then he got up and turned away with the lawyer, leaving Ford and his party and the lawyer team looking at each other.
(Photo taken when Ford and his party signed a contract with Enzo Ferrari in 1963)
This means that Ford’s acquisition of Ferrari was a complete failure, and it also opened the curtain of the most touching "war" in the automobile industry in the last century.
prologue
In the 1960s, the hippie Beatles and the Rolling Stones were in full swing, and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was just established. At this time, the automobile industry is in the development period, especially in the United States. Low oil prices and convenient highways have made the American automobile industry enter a high-speed development stage. The main theme of the United States at that time was "Nothing is impossible", and all industries were trying to break records and create miracles.
After World War II, because Edsel Ford (son of Henry Ford) died young, and Henry Ford was old, and the company’s political struggle and other reasons, Ford was faced with great difficulties, and its sales plummeted. The company urgently needed a new leader.
So in 1943, Henry Ford II (the eldest son of edsel Ford), who was still serving in the Navy during World War II, was "recalled" to work in Ford and became the CEO of Ford Motor Company two years later. Through a series of management reforms and personnel changes, he successfully "saved" Ford, turned losses into profits in a few years, and listed Ford in 1956, which was comparable to GM and Chrysler at that time.
Although the sales volume was increasing, Ford was generally regarded as "a car company for the elderly" at that time. Even though Americans agreed that Ford was reliable and durable, it lacked exciting features and was not suitable for young people.
(Ford Tudor in 1950s)
Ford hoped to seize the youth market, and the best way at that time was to participate in international automobile competitions as an advertisement to change the "old" brand impression, so he founded the racing project "Total performance Program", which was in charge of Don Fryer, then vice president.
When Ford II searched all the lists, he found the Ferrari that was "on sale" at that time. At that time, Ferrari almost dominated the world racing competition, and the most influential one was the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.
(Starting characteristics of 24-hour Mountain Endurance Race)
In 1929, Enzo Ferrari founded Scuderia Ferrari in Modena (translated as "Ferrari Stable", literally translated as Ferrari stable, that is, Ferrari team). It is not difficult to see from the name that Enzo has only focused on the field of racing since he founded Ferrari. At first, Ferrari existed as a racing division of Alfa Romeo. Later, in 1933, it replaced the original internal racing division and became the racing division of Alfa Romeo.
Later, the company dissolved the Ferrari team and made Enzo the captain of the newly established Alfa Corse team. So on September 6, 1939, Enzo decided to leave Alfa Romeo and set up his own company. However, due to the agreement signed when he left, he was not allowed to participate in any competition or car production under the name of Ferrari for four years. Enzo first founded a company in the former site of Ferrari team, engaged in the production of aircraft parts and related tools, and then produced the first Ferrari racing car-TiPO 815 (without Ferrari logo) based on Fiat platform in 1940.
（Tipo 815）
In 1943, Enzo moved the factory to Maranello, and Ferrari has not changed its address since then. The car with Ferrari logo in the true sense is the 125 S produced in 1947, equipped with a 1.5-liter V12 engine, and Ferrari Motor Company officially "set sail".
（Ferrari 125S）
There is a joke called: "Ferrari without V12 engine is not called Ferrari at all."
The story behind this sentence is that Enzo never wanted to produce streetcars, nor did he want to compromise Ferrari’s proud V12 engine. But his son Dino didn’t think so. Dino had designed and developed Ferrari V6 engine and V8 engine, which was the source of V8 engine that Ferrari often used later. Although Enzo didn’t want to be disturbed by things outside the competition, the reality was cruel, and the funds needed to participate in the competition were amazing, so he had to compromise to produce streetcars to finance the team.
One is the American automobile empire, which is in urgent need of the injection of racing genes, and the other is the stubborn Italian racing fanatic, which is faced with huge funding problems. It seems to be a "hit it off" thing, but in fact Ferrari is "on sale" just because Enzo hopes to have capital inflow to ensure his racing career. So when Enzo saw that it was written in black and white "including the right to control and operate Ferrari cars", he turned down the $18 million acquisition contract without mercy.
(Enzo is dissatisfied with the content of the treaty, and the purple line is drawn.)
Ford II flew into a rage when the news of the failure of the negotiations returned to Detroit. Not only did Ford send Don Fryer, then vice president, to buy Ferrari, and spent nearly nine months in communication and negotiation, which cost more than $3 million in manpower and material resources, but finally only got a pile of "waste paper" on the table under Enzo’s back.
First battle Ferrari
The reason why Ford II was so angry was that his previous "efforts" went down the drain, and there was news that Enzo didn’t want to sell it to Ford at that time, just to show it to Fiat (Ferrari was acquired by Fiat in 1969), and Enzo once said to Ford II, "You are far less great than your grandfather Henry Ford."
（Henry Ford II）
In a rage, Ford II summoned all Ford’s right-hand men and gave a dead order: "Build me a car that can completely defeat Ferrari and conquer the French 24-hour Le Mans endurance race!"
At that time, Ford was not without racing experience, and Ford had achieved good results in American races such as Indy 500 and NASCAR. However, Le Mans Endurance Race is far away in Europe and France. The track is a daily road and only two lanes wide, with a lap of 8.3mile (about 13.357km), a total mileage of over 3,000 miles (4,828 km) and a top speed of up to 210 miles/h (338 km/h). It also faces various weather environments such as rain, fog and night during the 24-hour race. For Ford, this is tantamount to a novice challenge to Mount Everest.
(24-hour Le Mans Raceway)
So when Ford II said, "No matter how much it costs, I must win the XXX in Italy", many people thought this sentence was as unbelievable as President Kennedy’s "We are going to the moon".
In order to quickly adapt to European races, Ford found a small racing company in Britain-Lola Cars (a small company focusing on racing, located in Slough Industrial Park near London, the site is still there). They have European racing experience and existing mid-engine chassis, so they were hired to build chariots with Ford engineers.
However, time was too tight. In March 1964, it took only seven months, and the first prototype Ford GT equipped with a British chassis and a Ford engine came out. At that time, several drivers including Bruce Mclaren (founder of McLaren) did a lot of tests and improvements for GT, and initially solved many problems.
（Bruce Mclaren）
The extremely streamlined body is only 40 inches (1016mm) high, so it is named GT40. Equipped with the engine of Ford Indy 500, 4.2-liter V8, with about 350 horsepower, seems very promising.
（Ford GT40 Prototype）
However, in fact, due to the lack of experience in aerodynamic design at that time, the cooling air inlets designed at the front of the vehicle not only did not work, but also produced a lifting force, resulting in insufficient downforce of the vehicle. In April, 1964, Ford took the GT40 prototype to Le Mans Test Day. Although the speed was very fast, the whole vehicle had no stability and handling. Even on the straight track, it could lose its grip but slip and turn. This happened not just at the beginning, but at the speed of 170mile/h (about 273.6km/h).
The problem is not only in aerodynamics, but also in suspension. At that time, Ford didn’t understand why the vehicle was so unstable, because the GT40 crashed at the speed of 160mile/h(257.5km/h) that afternoon. Although Ford took two GT40s with him, the second one crashed the next day.
At this time, it was only two months before the 1964 Le Mans Endurance Race.
Despite the difficulties, Ford finally arrived at the Le Mans Endurance Race as scheduled with three GT40. On June 20, 1964, the race started as scheduled. Ford’s three GT40 took the lead in the second lap and even set an average speed record of 131mile/h/h (about 210.8km/h). However, in the end, all three cars failed to finish the race because of an accident or gearbox failure.
As a result, Ferrari won the championship for the fifth time in a row, beating Ford with the results of first, second and third place.
Fight Ferrari again
Ford II did not lose heart, but said, "We will come again next year and beat Ferrari!" "
After the first failure, Ford decided to let Carroll Shelby be the leader of GT40 project. Shelby is a famous American designer, racing driver and entrepreneur. He used to be a flight instructor and test pilot during World War II, and he worked as an oil worker and a chicken farm farmer after retiring. At first, as a racing amateur, he made amazing achievements in many races. In 1959, he won the 24-hour Le Mans Endurance Championship by driving aston martin DBR1.
(In 1956, Shelby took part in the Mount Washington Climbing Race in a Ferrari 375GP.)
Because Shelby suffered from heart valve leakage when he was 7 years old, he needed to take nitroglycerin for a long time to keep his heart normal. It is precisely because of this that Shelby was rejected by Ferrari as a driver. After 1959, Shelby stopped racing as a driver, but founded Shelby American Company in southern California, USA, whose business was to modify and produce racing cars. Because of the previous competition, he was very interested in a British company named AC Ace, and wanted to build a racing car with its chassis body and the developed V8 engine in the United States.
At that time, Corvette (owned by General Motors) rejected his request, but Ford extended an olive branch to him. Ford’s V8 engine at that time was not only able to generate powerful power in generate, but also very suitable for retrofitting and installing the chassis of existing AC Ace cars. In 1962, Shelby reached a cooperation with Ford and produced the first Cobra model in history-the famous AC Cobra 260.
（AC Cobra 260）
In fact, in 1964, when three Ford cars lost, Shelby American had a car (Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe) with a 4.7L Ford engine and finished the race in the fourth place. In addition, in 1963 and 1964, AC Cobra with the same engine finished the race in the 7th and 18th places respectively.
So when Ford lost the first Le Mans race, Shelby came to mind first. In addition, Shelby’s engineering team has talented engineers (such as Phil Remington) who come to F1 and other competitions, including New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Italy, France, Germany and Britain. "A very cohesive team," Ford II commented.
“Carol was a Can-do， Let’s-get-it-done kind of guy and very much like my father， Carol had a very outgoing personality and I think that my father（Henry Ford II） personality and carol’s personality meshed reasonably well．” "Carol is a highly effective and very capable person, much like my father. His personality is very cheerful, which coincides with my father’s personality and gets along very well. "-Edsel Bryant Ford II (edsel Ford II, son of Henry Ford II)
Of course, I have to mention another legend here-Ken Miles, a British automobile engineer, racing driver and one of Shelby’s close friends. He served as a tank commander during World War II, and participated in car races and made racing cars after retiring. In 1953, he won 14 consecutive victories in SCCA League by driving his own car. Because of similar interests, Shelby invited Miles to join Shelby American and become the chief test driver. Together, they built the famous AC Corbra and Shelby GT350.
(left Bruce Mclaren, right Ken Miles)
When Shelby received the heavy responsibility, he first asked Miles to test the GT40 in Riverside International Raceway in Southern California. As a result, several drivers said the same sentence after the test: "It’s bloody awesome, I hate it．."
The extreme instability of the vehicle and many problems have made the team sweat.
Next, the whole team began to work day and night, and even ate amphetamine as jelly beans. Starting with aerodynamics, the problem of body modeling is solved first; Then the original Ford 4.2-liter V8 engine was replaced by Ford 4.7-liter V8 engine, which improved the power a lot. Then the gearbox was replaced by a 5-speed gearbox made by ZF in Germany, and the reliability was improved. In addition, the cooling system, suspension, wheel hub, tires and other parts are modified and optimized. The new model GT40 Mk1 Daytona is almost the same as the original GT40 Mk1 (after the new model is released, the first generation of models participating in Le Mans will be called MK1 to distinguish different GT40, and then the code will be added later). You can even think that Shelby and Miles have applied many experiences from Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe to GT40.
(1965 GT40 Mk1 Daytona)
The transformed GT40 Mk1 Daytona is indeed much better than before, and even won the 2000km endurance race in Daytona Continental, defeating Ferrari P2 driven by John Surtees (legendary driver, the only one who has won two and four world championships so far, and the oldest surviving F1 world champion). And won the second and third place in the next 12 hours of Sebring endurance race. However, due to problems such as gearbox, some races that GT40 Mk1 Daytona participated in later ended in failure.
(In 1965, three Ferrari cars crossed the line at the same time in the 24-hour Le Mans endurance race)
In 1965, the French 24 Hours Le Mans Endurance Race was held again. This time, six Ford GT40 (different versions) participated, but none of them was able to finish the race. Ferrari once again "humiliated" Ford’s ambition and won five consecutive championships.
Three wars Ferrari
So far, Ford has invested millions of dollars in the GT40 project, but none of the cars have completed the Le Mans race. Ford II is faced with a dilemma, either to give up the "war" with Ferrari and stop investing, or to continue to increase investment and "crash" Ferrari.
The answer given by Ford II was to send a card with a name to everyone involved in the project, and a sentence was written under the name: "You‘d better win! (In the interview, Shelby recalled "Ford wins Le Mans in 1966")
When Ford II handed the cards to the team members one by one, Shelby and several engineers asked, "What about the financial budget restrictions?"
Ford only replied: "You are only responsible for winning, and don’t worry about anything else!"
In order to continue to improve GT40, Myers and his team have invested thousands of hours in testing and research. The new GT40 Mk2 has further increased the engine displacement, from 4.7-liter V8 to 7.0-liter V8 (the engine used by Ford for NASCAR). Because of the engine with such a huge volume and power, the chassis structure has been strengthened, the suspension system has been upgraded, the cooling system has been optimized, and the braking system has been improved … The new GT40 Mk2 will no longer be extremely unstable, even at the speed of 210mile/h (about 338km/h), it is still rock-solid.
(GT40 Mk2, the one that Ken Miles drove in 1966 still exists in the world, worth more than 15 million pounds).
What is even more exaggerated is that Shelby, Myers and Ford team jointly developed a set of computer simulation equipment, which can simulate the whole gearbox working condition of Le Mans race. The reason why the gearbox has always been a "drag" before is that on the one hand, the engine power and torque have risen sharply on the existing power system, and the gearbox has not had enough time to verify its reliability; On the other hand, at that time, the Le Mans race had to shift gears nearly 9000 times, and it was easy to go wrong after 24 hours of continuous high-intensity use on the Le Mans track, which tortured the car. (For example, in 1965, several P2 models sent by Ferrari failed to complete the race because of the gearbox).
Although this set of gearbox simulation equipment later became the standard equipment in the development of F1 racing cars, it was almost witchcraft at that time. Through computer signal transmission, every gear shift in the whole Le Mans race is actually simulated, and the gearbox is also connected to the engine to simulate the real racing situation.
The date of the duel between David and Gliath is approaching.
The Italians didn’t stand still at this time. In order to cope with Ford’s menacing challenge, Ferrari took out the P3 model that had just been produced. The streamlined body is even more exaggerated than GT40, and the height of 37.4inch (about 95 cm) is even lower than GT40. At that time, the top speed of GT40 was a little more than 210mile/h/h (about 338km/h), while the top speed of P3 was only 190mile/h/h (about 305.8km/h). However, Enzo was willing to sacrifice some top speed for lightness and flexibility, so that P3 control would be better without accidents in the narrow track, and it would be possible to refuel in P room less times.
(Ferrari P3, now worth more than 20 million pounds)
On June 18th, 1966, Ford brought the Armada-8 GT40, 20 tons of spare parts, and a team of top racers (Kim Myers, Bruce McLaren, etc.).
Ford II was invited as the opening guest of that year’s Le Mans Endurance Race. With the flag waving in his hand, the race officially started. At first, Ford relied on strong speed to gain the lead, but when the time came, Ferrari regained the first and second positions with more flexible maneuverability and fuel economy.
(Ford II waves the flag and the game begins)
On the contrary, Ford was asked to strictly implement the strategy of "drive carefully, don’t be reckless" because of the painful memory of "bow and snake shadow" However, one person in the team ignored this instruction, and Kim Myers decided to give it a shot, constantly setting a shocking lap record and regaining the leading position from Ferrari.
The next morning, when the morning sun shone on Le Mans, France, three P3 cars brought by Ferrari either broke down on the side of the road due to mechanical failure or had a serious accident and had to retire.
On the afternoon of June 19th, three GT40MK2s passed the finish line side by side with the cheers of the audience and all Ford people, and won the first, second and third place, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966, which shattered Ferrari’s dream of winning six consecutive championships.
(In 1966, three GT40 cars crossed the line at the same time)
This is a great victory that goes down in history, and it is also the most unforgettable moment in the history of automobiles, and it is also the starting point for Ford’s glory.
“It was one terrific time， one that could never repeat again．” ——Carroll Shelby
postscript
Ford, who was on a roll, successively won the following three French 24-hour Le Mans Endurance Championship, but it is a pity that Kim Myers, who helped Ford win all these dazzling achievements, failed to witness the subsequent glory.
（GT40 J-Car）
After Mk2′ s total victory, Ford did not stop, but continued to improve its aerodynamics and chassis. Two months after the race, when the test car GT40 J-car was tested at Riverside International Raceway in Southern California, Myers died in an accident, and his son witnessed it by the track.
（Ken Miles）
What is even more regrettable is that in the Le Mans race in 1966, because the victory was already locked, Ford hoped that the three cars could cross the line together and let the reporter take this unforgettable scene, so Myers slowed down and waited for the other two cars to catch up before crossing the line together. However, although Miles’ car passed the finish line first, the organizer suddenly put forward an unknown rule. Because Bruce McLaren’s parking space was a distance behind Miles’ car, according to the total length, McLaren won the first place. As a result, Miles missed out on the "Grand Slam" of the three most influential events (Le Mans, Sebring and Daytona) in 1966.
After the death of Miles, the project was suspended for two months. After that, Ford introduced a brand-new model GT40 Mk4, which has a brand-new body, suspension and brakes compared with Mk2, and a new model with big tires and brakes. In Le Mans linear track, it can be 50mile/h/h faster than Mk2 (about 80.5km/h), and it also uses a 7.0-liter V8 engine equipped with Mk2. (6200 rpm in 1st gear can accelerate to 144.8km/h)
（GT40 Mk4）
In 1967, when many people thought that Ford only won the race by "luck" last year, Dan Gurney drove the GT40 Mk4 to cross the finish line again in the first place.
On the podium, Gurney had a whim, throwing a long-shaken bottle of champagne at the crowd and reporters, becoming the first person in the history of racing to make this celebration, and this habit has been "used" to this day.
(Gurney sprayed champagne on the crowd at the award ceremony in 1967)
After that, Ford decided to withdraw from Le Mans. On the one hand, Ford has proved its strength and achieved the expected goal. On the other hand, FIA announced a new rule in 1967, "The engine displacement of participating vehicles should not exceed 5 liters". Gurney once joked in an interview: "Europeans know that if they don’t change the rules, they can’t take the championship from the Americans."
However, in the 1968 and 1969 French 24 Hours Le Mans Endurance Race, John Wyer (team manager when Shelby won the Le Mans championship in Aston Martin in 1959, left Aston Martin in 1963, joined Ford in 1964 and participated in the research and development process of GT40) changed the model with Ford GT40 Mk1 (4.9-liter V8 engine) in the name of his own company (JW Automotive Engineering).
When the rules were changed again in 1969, GT40 completely withdrew from the 24-hour Le Mans race in France.
Nowadays, it is difficult to calculate how much Henry Ford II invested in this battle. Some experts speculate that according to today’s monetary value, Ford spent about 360 million pounds to teach Ferrari a lesson.
If there were no political reasons for Ferrari’s team management, which led to the replacement of Ferrari’s legendary driver John Sutis before the race in 1966, it might be hard to say whether it would be won or lost that year. If Kim Myers hadn’t died young two months after that victory, perhaps Ford would have won more glory in the racing world. If …
In fact, there are countless ifs, but we just need to remember that carote Shelby and Kim Myers have made indelible contributions in this great "battle", and there are still many people’s contributions in the GT40 project. Ford II is definitely a great figure in the history of automobiles …
“I want my legacy to be I want to make sure those people are recognized， they were pioneers．”——Carroll Shelby
More than 50 years have passed, and that embarrassing legend has left us not only a legendary GT40, but also a splendid automobile culture.
References:
Grand Tour Season 1 Episode 6.Ford VS Ferrari, which will be released in North America on November 15th, has not yet been set in China.Behind the Headlights documentary.The Carroll Shelby Story, the autobiography of Shelby.Interviews with Legendary Designers & Engineers, interview with Shelby on October 12, 1997.Racing in the blood: the story of the Ford GT40, website of Motoring Research.
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If you can’t keep exercising every day, I’m sorry, but you can’t ＂catch＂ all four benefits.

We all know that life lies in exercise. Whether in parks or streets, we often see such words as "a small step every day, a big step in health" and "life lies in exercise", which all show that exercise plays a great role in the body. So how does exercise affect the body?

First, exercise can enhance resistance.

All doctors will tell their patients to exercise more to enhance their body resistance and immunity. This is to tell everyone that exercise can make the body stronger and enhance the body’s resistance. Keep germs and viruses out. For children, the resistance is enhanced, so that they are less sick, so that parents can worry less and spend less on medicine; Children have a healthy childhood, so parents don’t have to worry about whether their children are tall or not every day.

Second, exercise can help you keep fit.

All people who want to lose weight need to exercise, mainly because exercise can burn body fat, and strength exercise can exercise muscles and make their bodies better and better. Through exercise, we can achieve the effect of bodybuilding and body shaping, so that women can be more confident in themselves.

Third, exercise can help treat diseases.

Some people who are sick can effectively relieve their symptoms through exercise, as follows:

1. RightdiabetesFor patients, exercise can effectively control blood sugar content and keep their blood sugar stable in the standard value range;

2. Rightsuffer from insomniaFor patients, exercise can bring better sleep quality. Let yourself exercise a little during the day, and you can go into deep sleep faster when you sleep at night;

3. Sports pairfatFor patients, they can reduce their weight and gradually reach a reasonable standard weight range, but exercise needs long-term persistence to be effective;

4. forgoutPatients, exercise can reduce the frequency of gout, and gout patients can enhance their kidney function through exercise, which can discharge purines more effectively and reduce the probability of gout;

Fourth, exercise can prevent diseases.

Exercise can promote the body’s metabolism, enhance the heart function, and play a role in preventing diseases. Because of the enhancement of cardiac function, the elasticity of cardiac arteries increases, which can effectively prevent cardiovascular diseases. In addition, more exercise can also prevent diabetes, liver disease, gout and other diseases. At the same time, because the disease is prevented, the life expectancy is increased. The average life expectancy of people who exercise is much higher than that of people who don’t exercise.

The above is about the influence of sports. For the elderly, exercise can make them stronger and prolong their lives; For young people, sports can make them beautiful, attract the attention of the opposite sex and make them more confident; For children, exercise makes them grow stronger. Therefore, exercise brings a variety of benefits. I hope everyone can make themselves move and become healthier.

FIFA： Saudi Arabia is the only bid for the 2034 Football World Cup.

Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, October 31 (Reporter Shan Lei) On October 31, FIFA announced that Saudi Arabian Football Association was the only football association to submit an application for hosting the 2034 Football World Cup before the deadline.

FIFA confirmed that it has received an application from Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup, and Saudi Arabia is the only country that has expressed its interest in hosting the 2034 World Cup.

Previously, FIFA had announced that the only application for hosting the 2030 World Cup was jointly submitted by the Football Associations of Morocco, Portugal and Spain. At present, these three countries have confirmed their willingness to bid. As the centenary celebration of the World Cup will be held in 2030, FIFA plans to hold a World Cup in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay, and these three countries have also confirmed their willingness to host the World Cup.

Like Morocco, Portugal and Spain, Saudi Arabia still needs to pass the FIFA audit. If these bidding countries can meet the requirements of FIFA and go through the whole bidding process, then FIFA will determine its right to host at the FIFA General Assembly at the end of 2024.

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Kessler： I’m gaining weight in the offseason & strength training is fun&I want to learn more.

Live broadcast on August 5 th Recently, Jazz center Kessler accepted an interview with Tony Jones of TA Jazz.

When talking about last season, Kessler said: "I want to put myself in a position where I can learn as much as possible. I want to play hard, provide confrontation on the court and fall in love with the learning process." I want to learn as much as possible. "

Kessler also mentioned his efforts in the offseason: "(I am) gaining weight and strengthening strength for most of the offseason. It takes hard work, but I’m excited to try to make a difference on the court, so training is interesting. I like the gym. I like to exercise my body. "

When talking about the prospect of being selected for the US team for the rest of the season, Kessler said: "I am very excited and grateful to be a member of the US team. Our team has excellent talent and knowledge. I’m trying my best to study and use this experience to improve myself as much as I can. I am very excited about the next year. We have a lot of talented players, so I’m excited to see how we will play together. Therefore, I am very excited about the World Cup and very excited about the training camp. "

Kessler was the 22nd show in 2022. In 2022-23, he played 74 games for Jazz, averaging 23 minutes, getting 9.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.3 blocks, shooting 72%, and was selected as the best rookie for a while.

Two first round signings+Ethan! The Rockets refused the Pacers’ asking price, and Uduka planned to tap the potential internally.

Rockets starting center Sengong and backup center Landale have been unable to train in Houston recently. Both international players have to play for their respective national teams, and Uduka can only express regret.

Is the inside line of the rocket a little weak? Some fans expressed concern.

In the analysis of the Rockets’ prospects for next season, "bleachers" said that neither Sengong nor Randall can be regarded as defensive experts, and Houston should consider reinforcing the position of center.

The Rockets signed five players in a row, but none of them were centers.

Houston reporter Kelly Apotheker said that the Rockets fully recruited Daluo after the free agent market opened, but the latter refused the offer. Uduka can only choose Landale as a spare tire, which is also a helpless move. Kelly Apotheker said Rockets owner Fertitta wants to see the team return to the playoffs next season, and Si Tong is also considering making a deal to reinforce it.

For the position of center, Kelly Eco has expressed his concern about Alperen Sengong before. He bluntly said that Houston needs a big black man, and Miles Turner is perfect for Udoka’s system. Kelly Apotheker has repeatedly mentioned that Rockets general manager Si Tong is interested in Turner who can throw a three-point guard.

What price does the Rockets need to pay to get Turner? Sbnation said that the Pacers’ price tag for Turner is quite high, and the Rockets probably need to pay two unprotected first-round signings and Ethan to impress the Pacers’ management.

"NBA Analysis Network" recently revealed that the Pacers’ asking price for Turner is at least three first-round signings. It is suggested that the Rockets use Potter, Tate, the first round signing of the Nets in 2024 and the first round signing of the Nets in 2026 to bid for Turner.

It’s too expensive! "fansided" said that the Rockets would refuse the asking price of the Pacers.

Miles Turner, 27, is 2.11 meters tall and 2.24 meters tall. Born in Texas, he recently held a free basketball camp in Dallas to guide children to play.

Turner played the best data of his career last season, averaging 18 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.3 hats, shooting 54.8% from the field and 37.3% from three-pointers. He also renewed his contract with the team for two years, and his annual salary in the next two seasons totaled 40 million US dollars. The data is good-looking and the contract is cost-effective, so the walkers have the confidence to offer high prices.

But obviously Turner is not worth the rocket’s so many chips. Although Turner has won the league’s blocked shot, his defense is not the first-class level in the league, and his offensive means are limited. He has not been selected as an All-Star and the best defensive team.

Four months ago, Pacers coach Rick Carlisle admitted in an interview that the team had received many offers for Turner, and he personally thought that the big man should be kept.

To put it bluntly, the Pacers made a big opening in the negotiation, and the buyers thought it was too expensive to quit the negotiation, so Turner had to stay. At the beginning, the Rockets also hoped to exchange Wood for two first-round signings, but no one was willing to pay this price. In the end, they could only deal with one first-round signing and an expired contract.

It’s not surprising that the Pacers want Ethan. This team wants to reinforce the position of small forward, and it has won Bruce Brown at a high price of $45 million for two years, which is also one of the goals of the Rockets. Brown is 26 years old and 1.93 meters tall, and Ethan is 22 years old and 2.03 meters tall. The latter is in better physical condition and has a higher upper limit. The Pacers’ contract with Brown is only guaranteed for one year, while Ethan still has a rookie bonus for three years.

Ethan played a combination of attack and defense in the summer league. He said that he can play both power forward and small forward, and he hopes to become a superstar like Leonard. A number of draft experts have expressed their optimism about Ethan, and such an expert will naturally make the pedestrians greedy.

Uduka also admired Ethan and asked Tommy Tam to guide the young man. Fame Fagan said that Si Tong has no plans to use Ethan as a bargaining chip at present.

The Rockets don’t have to pay a high price for a strong center. Uduka plans to tap the potential inside the center position. He has invited a first-class shooting coach in the league, and he is also good at training defense himself. He hopes to improve Sengong’s shooting and defense, and at the same time, he has considered letting Smith, who has the ability to change defense indefinitely, be the backup center.

I started as James, who played as a center： I was almost eliminated by Chelsea Youth Academy that year.

Chelsea defender Reese James said in an interview that he was almost eliminated by Chelsea youth training in the past and revealed that he started as a striker.

James said: "I signed for Chelsea when I was about eight or nine years old. I stood out among my peers. We have Du Qiong Sterling, martel Croasdale, Ryan Brewster, Jamie Cumming, Mark Gay and Connor Gallagher, and several of us have succeeded."

"All of us dream of playing for Chelsea, but when we were growing up, people knew it was difficult to get into the first team because not many people could do it in recent years. We knew what we wanted, but it was difficult to achieve at that time. "

"But when Lampard was the head coach, he really helped the youth training and the first team to cooperate better. Even now that he has left, the youth training and the first team still maintain his legacy, as evidenced by the addition of some young players last season. They got the opportunity and completed their first show, which is both recognition for the players and affirmation for the staff. "

"When I was growing up, I was a striker. I admired Drogba and I always admired him. I just want to score goals and celebrate like him. I stopped playing as a striker at the age of eleven or twelve and started to develop in the midfield. I stayed there for three or four years, and then I found myself suitable to play as a right-back at the age of fifteen. I hated this position at first. Until one day, I suddenly felt adapted to this position and began to really enjoy it, about seventeen years old. But it really takes me a long time to get used to this position. When I don’t want to play this position, this position often makes me feel depressed.

"But right-back is the position where I play the most now, and it is also my favorite position. I have hardly played in other positions. I have been there since I joined Chelsea, but when I was fifteen or sixteen, I was almost eliminated. I am probably one of the worst players in that age group, and they are not sure how I will develop. When they offered me a new contract, they took great risks. I must try my best to prove that I can play football and achieve my goals. "

Writing robot： will it replace human writers？

Writing robot: will it replace human writers?

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