Zhang Xue becomes "Lei Jun". After winning the motorcycle championship, his net worth reached 700 million. The capital that bet on him in advance has made huge profits.
In recent days, the four characters "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" have been all over the place. This is the first time a Chinese brand has stood on the WSBK podium, which is of great significance. Additionally, "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" has also made quite a splash in the capital market. The "Zhang Xue Motorcycle concept stocks" on the A-share market have been surging continuously in the past two days. Even the beverage brand that sponsored Zhang Xue Motorcycle with 50,000 yuan in advertising fees has reaped huge profits.
The real - life version of "The Fastest" is here.
In recent days, the four characters "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" have been all over the place. Because in the Portuguese round of the World Superbike Championship (WSBK) held on March 28th and 29th, the Chinese motorcycle manufacturer "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" won the championships in both the first and second rounds of the SSP category.
This is the first time a Chinese brand has stood on the WSBK podium, achieving a historical breakthrough. At the same time, it has also broken the decades - long monopoly of European, American, and Japanese manufacturers in this event, which is of great significance.
When the news spread back, the entire motorcycle circle went crazy. Countless motorcycle enthusiasts were in tears and typed the words "Zhang Xue is awesome" on the bullet screen. This incident also made it onto the Weibo hot search.
Zhang Xue, the founder of the brand, also became famous overnight. His story of starting as a motorcycle repair apprentice after graduating from junior high school and rising to become the boss of a championship - winning team by virtue of his passion has spread widely.
Additionally, "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" has also made quite a splash in the capital market. The brand has only been established for a little over two years, but its valuation has exceeded 1 billion yuan. The "Zhang Xue Motorcycle concept stocks" on the A - share market have been surging continuously in the past two days. Even the beverage brand that sponsored Zhang Xue Motorcycle with 50,000 yuan in advertising fees has reaped huge profits.
1. A 14,000 - yuan domestic motorcycle wins two championships. The protagonist of "The Fastest" personally gives a thumbs - up. The founder becomes a sensation in Taiwan Province
Let me briefly introduce WSBK, the World Superbike Championship, which is a world - class motorcycle event founded by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) in 1988.
The biggest feature of the WSBK event is that the participating motorcycles must be modified based on commercially available mass - produced motorcycles. The motorcycles must retain the original frame, engine block, etc. That is to say, the motorcycles participating in the race can be bought by ordinary people in real life. Therefore, WSBK is known as the "auto show on the track".
The WorldSSP category in which "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" won the championship this time belongs to the middle - weight category. The race adopts a two - round system, and a champion is crowned in each round.
In the first round of the main race on March 28th, the rider participated in the race on Zhang Xue Motorcycle's 820RR - RS racing motorcycle. Although the starting position was not ideal, the motorcycles in front fell after the race started. "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" took the opportunity to overtake and accelerated, finally winning the championship with an absolute advantage of 3.685 seconds.
Speed is crucial in motorcycle racing. Usually, it's already very impressive to win by 0.1 second in a race. Zhang Xue Motorcycle won with an advantage of nearly 4 seconds, leaving its opponents far behind.
After winning the first round, the other opponents were not convinced because this was only Zhang Xue Motorcycle's second event. At the Australian round a month ago, Zhang Xue Motorcycle only ranked 14th. The opponents generally thought that it was because the motorcycles in front fell that Zhang Xue Motorcycle got the chance.
In the second round of the main race on March 29th, "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" quickly established a leading position after starting. However, it made a mistake on the 14th - lap turn, allowing the opponents to catch up and dropping to the third place. But soon, "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" overtook the opponents again with its powerful acceleration ability, regained the leading position, and maintained it until the finish line, winning the championship again.
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This time, the opponents were both convinced and stunned.
Zhang Xue Motorcycle uses a three - cylinder engine independently developed in China, and all other components are 100% made in China. Previously, Chinese teams had never even managed to reach the top 8 and get a single point, let alone stand on the podium.
These two victories have broken the decades - long monopoly of brands such as Yamaha, Ducati, Triumph, and Honda in this event, indicating that China's large - displacement motorcycle technology has reached the world's top level.
What's even more remarkable is that the 820RR of Zhang Xue Motorcycle participating in the race is priced at only 43,800 yuan. The expected price of the Yamaha R9 in the domestic market is around 140,000 yuan, and the prices of other brands also exceed 100,000 yuan. The Chinese brand defeated its opponents with only one - third of their cost, maximizing cost - effectiveness.
After the championship, many motorcycle veterans spread the news excitedly. They said that they had ordered Zhang Xue Motorcycle back then without the understanding of their families, and now they had finally proven their good judgment.
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Yin Zheng, a motorcycle enthusiast and the lead actor of the movie "The Fastest", also posted to praise "Zhang Xue is really amazing". Zhang Xue said that he didn't have the money to invite Yin Zheng to endorse but could give him a motorcycle. Yin Zheng declined and said he would buy one.
Even netizens in Taiwan Province of China were deeply touched.
At noon on the 31st, Bamei saw in the live - broadcast room of "Zhang Xue Motorcycle Official Flagship Store" that many people were still inquiring about the motorcycles and the delivery situation. The anchor said that the orders for the 820RR were fully booked, and if you placed an order now, you might have to wait until around April 30th for delivery.
The anchor also revealed a "little insider news". Zhang Xue is very popular now. He has to deal with various interviews and inquiries from friends and has only slept for four or five hours in two days.
Regarding the team's championship, the most impressive thing Zhang Xue said was: "Previously, Chinese motorcycle teams were never looked upon favorably by foreigners. Now they have to readjust their views of us."
Yes, the capital that thought highly of him has now reaped huge rewards.
2. Valued at over 1 billion after two years of establishment. The concept stocks soar 55% in three days. The sponsor also reaps huge rewards
Bamei checked and found that the affiliated company of "Zhang Xue Motorcycle" is Chongqing Zhang Xue Motorcycle Industry Co., Ltd., established in April 2024. The legal representative is Zhang Xue, and its business scope includes the production of road motor vehicles, retail of automobile parts, and remanufacturing of automobile parts.
Among them, Zhang Xue holds about 73.39% of the shares and is the controlling shareholder of the company. In March this year, there was an industrial and commercial change in the company, and the registered capital increased from 60 million yuan to 65.4 million yuan.
The increase in registered capital was because someone made an investment. In January, Zhang Xue Motorcycle completed its Series A financing with an investment of 90 million yuan, and the post - investment valuation was 1.09 billion yuan.
The investor is "Zhejiang Venture Capital Group". The two parties reached an agreement on the price after only two or three meetings. Zhang Xue also praised the high efficiency of the other party. After Zhang Xue Motorcycle won the championship, Zhejiang Venture Capital Group also "claimed" this investment.
As soon as the market opened on March 30th, Hongchang Technology, which is engaged in household appliances and auto parts, directly had a 20% "limit - up". The stockholders in the stock bar were excited but also a bit confused. They hadn't heard of any good news about the company.
After careful investigation, it turned out to be related to Zhang Xue Motorcycle's championship.
The "Zhejiang Venture Capital" that invested in Zhang Xue Motorcycle is actually a group concept. To be precise, the ones that invested in Zhang Xue Motorcycle are "Jinhua Zhechuang Jinyi Smart Control Venture Capital Partnership" and "Hangzhou Zhechuang Baige Venture Capital Partnership". Both enterprises are led by Zhejiang Venture Capital as the executive partner.
And Hongchang Technology is a shareholder of Jinhua Zhechuang, holding 29.82% of the shares. Through equity penetration, it means that Hongchang Technology is an investor in Zhang Xue Motorcycle and has become a "Zhang Xue Motorcycle concept stock", so its stock price soared.
At the close on March 31st, Hongchang Technology rose another 20%. When the market opened on April 1st, Hongchang Technology still rose 15%. Due to the indirect investment in Zhang Xue Motorcycle, it rose 55% in three days, with a value increase of over 2.3 billion yuan. It can be said to have reaped huge rewards.
There is also a listed company, Hongquan Technology. In February, it announced on its WeChat official account that the company had been awarded the title of "Strategic Partner" by Zhang Xue Motorcycle. Moreover, Hongquan Technology officially sponsored Zhang Xue Motorcycle to participate in the 2026 World Superbike Championship (WSBK).
As such an obvious Zhang Xue Motorcycle concept stock, the capital has also given a positive response, and its increase in the past two days has also exceeded 30%.
Many stockholders in the stock bar of Hongquan Technology were very touched and said that the stockholders who made a profit should each send a bottle of Moutai to Zhang Xue.
The "luckiest winner" of Zhang Xue Motorcycle's championship should be Dongpeng Special Drink.
In November 2025, Zhang Xue Motorcycle recruited sponsors. Netizens went to "persuade" Dongpeng Special Drink, saying that since Red Bull sponsored foreign teams, Dongpeng should sponsor the Chinese team, and it would definitely be a good deal.
Dongpeng Special Drink really took the advice and became the official sponsor of Zhang Xue Motorcycle in January. It is reported that Dongpeng Special Drink's sponsorship investment was only 50,000 yuan. However, Zhang Xue didn't mind the small amount and specially posted a video, holding Dongpeng Special Drink to thank the netizens for the match - making.
Now it has reaped huge rewards. The words "Dongpeng Special Drink" on Zhang Xue Motorcycle have spread to more than 150 countries and regions around the world with the championship. After the championship, the topic "#Dongpeng Special Drink bet on Zhang Xue Motorcycle and won big" has exceeded 100 million views. Netizens joked that "Dongpeng just wanted to join the party, but ended up being the star of the show." "A 50,000 - yuan investment has leveraged a valuation gain of over 1 billion yuan. It's really a huge profit."
The "winners" definitely include Zhang Xue Motorcycle. This championship will add to Zhang Xue's "ambition".
At the beginning of 2026, Zhang Xue publicly disclosed a set of company operation data: In 2025, the sales volume of Zhang Xue Motorcycle exceeded 25,000 units, with an output value of 750 million yuan. However, the company lost 22.78 million yuan, mainly because the R & D investment was as high as 69.58 million yuan, accounting for 9.33% of the total revenue.
After getting the financing this year, Zhang Xue's net worth has exceeded 700 million yuan. He didn't give himself a dividend but increased the R & D budget for 2026 to 135 million yuan, almost twice that of 2025.
Zhang Xue said that the goal for 2027 is to have at least 450 stores, achieve sales of 2 billion yuan, and turn a profit. In the next five years, he aims to capture more than 50% of the market share of international brands. Additionally, Zhang Xue is quietly establishing an electric vehicle team, aiming to launch models in 2027 and achieve profitability of electric products in 2028.
With Zhang Xue and Zhang Xue Motorcycle's current popularity, these goals are completely achievable. Netizens are comparing Zhang Xue to Lei Jun.