January 15, 2006, is a day destined to be remembered by the Chinese and even the world automotive industry.

Chinese drivers achieved brilliant results in this year's Dakar Rally.

Nanwan Racing team's rally driver Lu Ningjun won the championship with a time of 48 hours, 20 minutes and 35 seconds, defeating Mitsubishi Racing team's driver Luke Alfond.

This was the first time that a Chinese driver won the Dakar Rally and the first time that a bottle of champagne, a symbol of victory, was opened on the shores of Lake Rose.

Throughout the race, Lu Ningjun's car was as fast as lightning when it needed to be fast, and as steady as a rock when it needed to be steady.

The car's powerful horsepower and sufficient logistical preparations put him in the leading position almost from the first stage, and he led almost the entire race without encountering any challenges.

This time, the team's advance staff entered Africa three months in advance to conduct on-site surveys and used computers to screen the simplest and safest routes.

Although it cost a huge amount of money, the effect is obvious.

Lu Ningjun's car drove at high speed almost the entire time without encountering much difficulty.

Initially he was competing fiercely with the defending champion, Peter Hansel of Mitsubishi Racing, and Luningjun's lead was only about two hours.

But as the car entered the Malian bush, the French driver made a fatal mistake and hit a tree, forcing him to stop and repair the car for nearly three hours.

It was these three hours of repair time that not only allowed Luningjun to leave behind the five-hour journey, but also allowed his compatriot Alvon to take the second place.

However, Alvonde was six hours behind Luning's army and could only watch the Chinese driver leave him far behind.

Another driver of the Nanwan team, Guan Dahai, was not far behind. Although he did not stand on the podium, he also made it into the top ten with a time of 57 hours. His final ranking was ninth.

In addition to the outstanding performance of the South Bay team, the two drivers of the Paladin team also performed very well.

Xu Lang, the champion of the N Group of the National Automobile Rally Championship, maintained a steady performance, successfully completing all fifteen stages. With a time of 76 hours, 10 minutes, and 36 seconds, he finished 19th overall, setting a personal best in the Dakar Rally.

His teammate Zhou Yong also performed well, finishing 43rd with a time of 96 hours, 1 minute and 44 seconds.

Other Chinese drivers were not so lucky. Rodin from Jiangling Racing Team and Men Guangyuan from Mitsubishi Rally Art Racing Team did not complete the race due to car problems.

Because three people died in this year's Dakar Rally, the award ceremony was just a symbolic one and was not grand at all.

Lu Ningjun and others hurried back to China after the ceremony. The Spring Festival was on the 29th, so there was still time to go home and celebrate the New Year.

When Lu Ningjun returned to China, Wan Feng was in the Shenyang Military Region compound, negotiating with heroes from various countries.

He came to see Zhu Guoxiong.

Zhu Guoxiong is now a real hands-off boss. After retirement, his task is to take care of flowers and plants at home, pet cats and dogs, take care of children, and go out for exercise. His retirement life is like a whirlwind.

Perhaps this kind of life that he didn't like honed his other hobby: collecting things of collectible value, or collecting antiques.

When Wan Feng found out that he had such a new hobby, he was shocked. Could it be that he was cheated out of all his money?

But think about it, this possibility is not high. Any foolish liar who dares to cheat him will probably die a miserable death.

Another reason why Zhu Guoxiong could not be fooled is that other people collect these things by buying them, but he does so by begging for them.

So he called Wan Feng to ask if he had anything of collectible value that he wanted to appreciate.

To put it nicely, it means appreciation, and the voice-over means that if there is anything valuable, bring it here quickly.

Wan Feng was still very embarrassed by this problem. He had no hobby of collecting antiques because he didn't know anything about antiques. He was afraid that he would spend a lot of money to buy some fakes. Therefore, he had no desire to invest in this area and he didn't really have these things on hand.

More than ten years ago, he bought some nesting dolls for Luan Feng and Zhang Xuan in the former Soviet Union. I wonder if this thing is okay?

Nesting dolls? Zhu Guoxiong's nose almost got crooked with anger. You dare to take out something that's been there for more than ten years as if it's valuable?

What happened to more than ten years? Is it worthless after more than ten years?

I just don’t believe it.

Wan Feng felt that Zhu Guoxiong's wish should be fulfilled. He thought about it for a long time and suddenly remembered that he had bought two editions of monkey stamps issued in 1980 more than 20 years ago.

These two versions of monkey stamps were collected by her mother back then. Due to proper storage methods, the two versions of monkey stamps are in very good condition.

When Zhu Guoxiong heard Wan Feng say that he had two versions of monkey stamps, he didn't believe it at all. He said that he was either fooling him or it was a fake to deceive him.

It was not until Wan Feng traveled thousands of miles to deliver the two versions of monkey stamps along with some local specialties to his doorstep that he believed that this kid really had two versions of monkey stamps.

How come this guy still has this thing? And it’s two full pages.

Wan Feng had never asked how much this thing was worth now, but he estimated it to be worth hundreds of thousands.

Look, it’s only been more than 20 years. There’s not much difference between more than 20 years and more than 10 years.

Zhu Guoxiong held the stamp in his hand and couldn't let it go. "How come you still have this thing? I think it was only issued in 1980, and then it disappeared. Where did you get it from?"

"I bought it back then and it cost me more than ten yuan."

Zhu Guoxiong thought about it and felt something was wrong: "Those ten yuan back then were not small amounts of money. They are equivalent to several hundred yuan now. Why would you spend ten yuan to buy it if there is nothing wrong?"

"Hey! Write a love letter!"

"Nonsense! How old were you when you wrote love letters?"

"Thirteen years old in lunar age, eleven in actual age."

"Did you start writing love letters then?"

"I have that idea, but I didn't write it down. If I had, where would you have found these two sets of stamps?"

Zhu Guoxiong thought about it and it made sense. It was a good thing that this guy didn’t write any love letters back then.

"Explain to me why I'm already eleven when I'm thirteen?"

"Isn't my birthday younger? I was born on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, so normally I'd be two years younger."

"Is there such a thing?"

"Grandpa, do you want stamps or are you trying to figure out my age? If you don't want them, I'll take them back. There are plenty of people who do."

Since he had taken the stamps, it was impossible to take them back. Zhu Guoxiong took the stamps away very quickly.

These two versions of stamps that had been in Wan Feng's hands for twenty-five years finally went to where they belonged.

After delivering the New Year gifts, Wan Feng hurried back to Jiangwei to meet with the team that achieved good results in the Dakar Rally.

With such a brilliant achievement, Wan Feng naturally had to offer a generous reward. The prize of 10 million yuan fell on the entire team participating in the rally.

This amount of money may sound like a lot, but with more than a hundred people in a rally team, the share won't be much, only tens of thousands of dollars.

Although the money is not much, it is enough for them to have a good new year.