When Huang Chong saw the two team executives showering him with praise, he looked overjoyed on the surface, but deep down, he wasn't smug, nor did he take it too seriously.
He'd watched countless road cycling races in his past life and was very familiar with the habits of Westerners.
This kind of praise was only for his performance in that single race.
As a rookie, you had to post excellent overall results in multiple consecutive races to make everyone certain you truly had top-tier talent.
Otherwise, you were still just a bottle carrier and a domestique.
The team management would show absolutely no mercy.
Anyway, in his first season, his monthly salary was only a few thousand euros. Although he received a bonus for every stage he won, the absolute most he could make in a year was 200,000 euros.
Converted to his home currency, that salary might not seem small, but among World Tour Cyclists, it was bottom-tier pay.
And salary was the best measure of a rider's status.
