Chapter 139 BYD Magic Car
A big new store opened on Sneaker Street.

The next day, it became news reported by TVB and Oriental Daily.

In addition to Fang Hexuan, the boss behind the scenes, who mentioned it to his newspaper and the TV station he held a stake in,

This is also one of the reasons why the store had brisk sales on its opening day.

Since it is a sneaker street, of course other brands of sports products are also sold.
For example, Adidas and Puma from Germany, Nike and Converse from the United States, and Asics from Japan.
They all sell well on this street.

But faced with the sudden emergence of the "Air Force One" sports sneakers,
Even if they have a long history, and even if Hong Kong people admire foreign things, they cannot escape the "law of true fragrance".

Air Force One is the kind of shoe that you’ll fall in love with at first sight.

It is not only suitable for sports, but also very eye-catching when paired with ordinary clothes.

What's more, this shoe comes in a variety of colors, so there's always a color that customers with different aesthetic tastes like.

In addition, the workmanship of the shoes is very exquisite. Many people found that they are not only light but also very comfortable when they tried them on.

When the sales lady next to them told them that this pair of shoes uses the latest high-tech cushioning and elastic materials, so they can jump around without hurting their feet,
The vast majority of customers were quite shocked and excited.

Moreover, each pair of shoes has a metal nameplate, which, combined with the unique Huili logo, makes it look particularly classy.

A trendy store + trendy shoes, plus very attentive and considerate service, it would be strange if it didn’t sell well.

In short, the emergence of Felix Sports has brought a very different fashion experience to Hong Kong people.

This is not the end yet, Felix's subsequent actions have also been staged one after another.

For example, in addition to advertising on television, radio, newspapers, and fashion magazines,

It also invited many popular stars to hold fashion shows in its stores.

The majority of the people here are stars from DreamWorks and TVB, and even newcomers to the art training class like Miki Takakura.
They were all asked to go to Sneaker Street to promote Felix’s products.

The stars and new actors who participated in the fashion show all wore "Air Force One" sneakers and matched them with different styles of clothing.

Show different fashion language to customers who come to the store.

Even Fang Hexuan himself worked very hard.
He replaced his usual leather shoes with Air Force One and paired them with a stylish suit.

Wearing a kind of elegant and energetic style.

Of course, the future female boss Fang Luoyi also has to contribute.

She wears different colors of "Air Force One" sneakers every day, paired with different styles of skirts or dresses.

Showing off her youthful beauty at St. Stephen's Girls' School.

Chinese people are extremely discerning. If the boss wears Air Force One, how dare the employees not follow suit?
Therefore, this trend of sports shoes is becoming more and more popular in Hong Kong.
It even attracted the attention of international media such as The Wall Street Journal, which has branches in Hong Kong.

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Nevada, United States.

The crew of "Cannonball Run" actually started filming as early as November last year.

Since Jackie Chan and Sam Hui did not have many roles, they joined the crew a month later.

This B-level film was originally invested in by Golden Harvest, with the purpose of pushing Jackie Chan and Sam Hui into Hollywood.

But in this time and space, it was naturally replaced by DreamWorks.

Fang Hexuan still found Xu Guanwen and Jackie Chan to partner with him. After all, the influence of Xu's comedies in Hong Kong is not exaggerated.

However, DreamWorks still used the excuse of recommending Xu Guanwen to star in a Hollywood movie invested by it.

This made Sam Hui agree to collaborate with DreamWorks on two films after returning to Hong Kong.

It is not entirely true to say that "Cannonball Run" is a B-level movie. Among its cast, Burt Reynolds and Roger Moore can barely be considered A-list.

Therefore, the final box office of this movie reached more than 7200 million US dollars, while its production cost was only 1800 million US dollars.

It is no exaggeration to say that it was a huge hit, which is why the second and third parts were released. Fang Hexuan was willing to invest because he knew this background.

Of course, one of the purposes is to advertise BYD.

As for bringing Jackie Chan back to Hollywood again, I'm sorry, Fang Hexuan really doesn't have that idea.

The plot of the movie is about a group of racers from all over the world participating in an illegal car race from the east coast to the west coast of the United States.

In fact, the filming locations were limited to three states - Georgia in the southeast and Nevada and California in the west.

Jackie Chan and Sam Hui have very few scenes, mostly at the end of the story.

So the two of them were directly in the hot Nevada desert.

The three BYD performance cars were first shipped to California, where they needed to be modified according to the requirements of the crew's prop master.

The main thing is to add some props in the car.

After the modification, BYD technicians drove directly to Nevada to participate in the filming.

The model or style of this performance car has not been revealed before.
In fact, they are the later Mitsubishi EVO.

This is not quite accurate. It should be said that their appearance is very similar to the later Mitsubishi third-generation EVO.

However, the internal engine, chassis suspension, gearbox, etc. are not quite the same.

In terms of performance, it certainly cannot reach the level of the first generation EVO released in 92, but it wins in terms of unique temperament, which means it looks good.

2.0L displacement, 156KW output horsepower, 5-speed manual gearbox, top speed of 192km/h, 7.2-1360 acceleration in seconds, and vehicle weight of kg.

These are the main data of BYD's first-generation EVO, which is lagging behind Mitsubishi's first-generation EVO in all aspects.

But in 1981, it was no exaggeration to say that it was a dazzling performance car.

Fang Hexuan invested a lot of money, using US dollars and Hong Kong dollars to create such performance data.

However, except for the people in BYD company who understood his good intentions, Jackie Chan was somewhat disgusted with it.

At this time, the big-nosed dragon did not understand cars. In his worldview, only cars from the United States, Japan and Germany could be called taxis.

Even though this performance car called EVO looks very handsome, even though it was built by the richest man in Hong Kong at a huge cost.

Jackie Chan was still nervous.

He was worried that the car would embarrass him in front of other actors and that it would delay his filming.

In short, he has absolutely no confidence in BYD's EVO.

Xu Guanwen, who was with him, had the same idea.

Just kidding, I have lived for decades and never heard of Hong Kong people being able to build cars.

Is that a place where cars can be built?

This is what Xu Guanwen was thinking when he heard Jackie Chan talking about this car on the plane to the United States.

With a nervous mood, the two of them were very low-key after entering the crew, trying their best not to be laughed at by the foreigners.

When the three EVOs were delivered to Nevada, the two of them didn't react much.
However, the EVO has a completely different shape from most models today.

However, it attracted the curiosity of several actors and even other crew members.

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