This looks a bitThe 'crazy' boy is named Zhang Xue.

That year, no one could have predicted that this poor boy from a remote mountain village in Mayang Miao Autonomous County would make Chinese motorcycle brands stand on the world's top race championship podium for the first time in twenty years.

Zhang Xue is hereScreenshot of Hunan TV's "Evening" program

Zhang Xue's starting point cannot be any lower.

one thousand nine hundred and eighty-sevenBorn in [year], my parents divorced, and I grew up with my grandmother.fourteenAt the age of, dropped out of school due to family poverty. What can an underage child do? He went into a motorcycle repair shop in the county town as an apprentice. In the eyes of others, this is begging for food. But Zhang Xue is different. He not only learned how to repair cars between oil stains and parts, but also planted a seed in his heart that seemed almost absurd at the time - "I want to make cars

This seed requires something special to irrigate: resilience.

And resilience has never been a path to darkness.

Zhang Xue accepted an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters

The first adaptation: from chasing the car to repairing it, fromFrom 'display' to 'being seen'

The story of Chasing a Car with Mingzhi is often misunderstood as a young man who moved the world with his driving skills. But what really moved the people in that interview car was not his skills——How skilled can a self-taught young man on a mountain road be? What really moves people is the stubbornness of chasing for over a hundred kilometers in the rain, just to fight for one possibility. That's about the resilience of those who are not seen and desperately want to be seen.

After the program was broadcasted, fate favored this stubborn young man. The following year, he successfully joined a professional motorcycle team as a stunt driver and mechanic. He took the first step from a car repair shop to a professional arena.

On March 28th, French driver Valentin Debys won the championship with Zhang Xueqi's 820RR-RS

Second Flexibility: From Driver to Maker

Reality quickly gave him a dull blow. I have participated in the competition for several consecutive years, winning third and second place, but I have never been able to achieve the dream of that top driver. Talent, resources, and age, three ceilings are pressing down.

Many people will stop here or accept their fate. But another meaning of resilience is knowing when to turn around.

His masterYa Ge "Zhang Jixing can see clearly: Zhang Xue's true talent is not in car skills, but in mechanics. Your hands are more suitable for making cars, "this sentence awakened him. From the race car driver in front of the stage, to the car maker behind the scenes - this means putting down the spotlight and embarking on a longer, drier, and more productive path.

He accepted. This is not giving up on dreams, but finding a different path to reach them.

Zhang Xue was interviewed at the factory located in Chongqing

The third variation: start over from scratch and bet on the name

two thousand and nineIn [year], Zhang Xue joined Zhejiang Apollo Sports Technology and started from the grassroots level, working for three years to fully understand the entire process of vehicle research and development.two thousand and thirteenIn the year, he carriedtwoTen thousand yuan to Chongqing - China's' Motorcycle Capital '. Starting from forum modification posts, aim to become the top car modification category on Taobao. He is like a patient craftsman, slowly piecing together his own blueprint.

two thousand and seventeenYear, the time is ripe. Zhang Xue co founded with partners“Keyton Motorcycle”. He infused his understanding of lightweight and technology into the product, and the annual sales increased fromeight hundredTaiwan achieves itthreeWan Tai, he led the Kai Yue team to become the first Chinese manufacturer team to complete the Dakar Rally. Everything is accelerating and improving.

But fate once again throws up a difficult problem.

Zhang Xue's Resignation Letter

two thousand and twenty-fourIn the year, due to a disagreement with the investment party's philosophy, Zhang Xue chose to leave the brand she had personally participated in building, almost leaving the company completely. For an entrepreneur at the peak of their career, this is a broken wrist. All accumulations, teams, and resources are empty in the blink of an eye.

But just four months later, he registered a new company in Chongqing. Name is Cheng YingZhang Xueji's car.

Building a brand with one's own name is not about confidence, but about pledging all dignity. He is telling everyone: this time, I will not compromise again.

On April 17th, a Dutch driver drove the "Zhang Snowmobile" to participate in the super pole position race

Fourth round of flexibility: Stick to core technology instead of sticking to short-term profits

The second entrepreneurship is even more difficult than the first one. Funds, team, supply chain, starting from scratch. But this time, hisThe direction of 'deadbeat' has changed - it is no longer about the success or failure of a certain track, but about the fundamental abilities. He set "self-developed engines" and "extreme lightweighting" as iron laws: core technology must not rely on others.

In the first year of company establishment, there was a losstwo thousand two hundred and seventy-eightTen thousand yuan. But even in the face of losses, he still smashed itsix thousand nine hundred and fifty-eightTen thousand yuan is used for research and development, with a high proportion of research and development9.33%Someone advised him to survive first before making decisions. He doesn't listen. He is not waiting for short-term profits, but for an opportunity - an opportunity to prove 'Made in China' on the world stage.

This is the most mature form of resilience: it's not that you don't know how to compromise, but that you know where you can never compromise.

Zhang Xue Motorcycle in the World's Super MotorcyclesWinning the championship in the tournament

Echoes after 20 years

two thousand and twenty-sixyearthreemoontwenty-eightJapan, Portugal, World Superbike Championship（WSBK）The arena. The research and development of Zhang Xueji's car820RR-RSRacing, in the middleweight category, surpasses traditional giants such as Ducati and Yamaha to lead the second place by nearlyfourSecond advantage, winning two consecutive rounds of the main race championship.

This is the first time a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer has reached the top of this top-level race.

The cheers on site were deafening. However, during an interview with Xinhua News Agency after the game, Zhang Xue's eyes turned red and she said:I have been waiting for this moment for twenty years

At the 22nd China International Motorcycle Expo in 2024, the Zhang Ski Bike brand was officially launched

Twenty years. From the young man chasing cars in the rain on the mountain road, to the car maker standing at the top of the world at this moment. In these twenty years, he has worked as an apprentice, driver, mechanic, engineer, and entrepreneur; He has been tricked by fate, struck by reality, forced to reset to zero at his peak, and rebuilt everything on the ruins.

Every time he fell, he stood up, and even higher.

This resilience is not a brute force sprint in a straight line, but a spiral ascent——At every seemingly zero point, he chose to be flexible, thus accumulating greater energy and rebounding to higher heights.

On March 29th, Zhang's snowmobile won the championship at the World Superbike Championship in Portugal

After winning the championship,820RRCar model pre-sale for more than ten days, locked orders exceedingthree thousand and five hundredTaiwan; His personal Tiktok account has gained millions of fans in three days. Capital also cast a vote of confidence——two thousand and twenty-sixyearoneIn the month, led by Zhejiang Venture Capital with a background in Zhejiang state-owned assets, Zhang Xueji Che completed the investmentnine thousandten thousand yuanARound financing, post investment valuationten point nineRMB100mn

But beyond the numbers, what's even more important is the metaphor: a ChinaGrassroots, in twenty years, have torn open a hole in the global industrial manufacturing landscape.

The reason why Zhang Xue's story is touching is not because he ultimately succeeded, but because he made the more difficult choice in every darkest moment——And he has never used the same method to forcefully hit the south wall.

fourteenHe dropped out of school at the age of, and turned the repair shop into a university; Unable to become a top driver, he went to build cars and let others ride them to win championships; Forced to leave the brand he founded, he gambled on the name and started over from scratch; The company is losing money, but he still invests tens of millions in research and development, just for the eternal flame in the heart of that mountain village youth twenty years ago.

From a mountain village in Hunan to the world championship podium. Zhang Xue spent twenty years completing numerous resets and respawnings.

His story is notThe chicken soup of 'hard work leads to success'. It is a fable about resilience: true strength is not about never turning, but about not forgetting where you are going every time you turn.