Almighty Athlete Chapter 288: Strong buy

French local time on the afternoon of April 29th, which is the third day after the end of the Bahrain station, the FIA ​​World Motor Sports Council finally announced the result of the McLaren team’s "Falsified Gate" incident: against McLaren Team Lun was suspended for three games and was suspended for 12 months. (The best experience for reading novels without pop-ups is in [Phoenix Novel Network]) ★

The so-called "deferred execution for 12 months" actually means that if no further facts about the case emerge in the next 12 months; or McLaren no longer commits perjury in violation of the International Sports Code, There will be no penalty for McLaren. In other words, this punishment is only a symbol, which is equivalent to saying "Come here, fine three glasses of wine!"

The McLaren team and Hamilton have escaped. On the same day, the International Automobile Federation passed another thing, that is, the f1 budget cap will be implemented in 2o1o.

There is no budget cap limit for f1, the team wants to spend as much as it wants. In this world's most money-burning sport, many small teams are struggling to survive, while large teams are investing hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The amount of money burned is not the same, and the size of the fire is different, especially If you continue to burn money every year like Ferrari, you will certainly get the best results.

The salary cap initially set by the FIA ​​is £40 million a year. However, this obviously touched the nerves of Ferrari’s big team. It only costs £40 million a year to be worth a few sports cars. Can reflect the dignity of Ferrari! So Ferrari publicly stated that it would boycott this budget cap, and said that if the budget cap is actually implemented, Ferrari will not sign up for next year's competition.

At the same time, Ferrari also received the support of other teams, such as Toyota and Red Bull, which have successively stated that they will not sign up for next year's race. Later, Ferrari also made a more ruthless move, he called the members of the f1 team association to write a joint letter, and wanted to protest against the International Automobile Federation.

The f1 Racing Association is an organization that combines teams. It can be regarded as a team union, and the FIA ​​can be regarded as a boss. All this action is equivalent to a struggle between the union and the boss.

Ferrari is a giant, they have the capital to fight the FIA. And China Power is an independent team, belonging to the bottom of the F1 pyramid. The two great gods and everyone, there is nothing for the common people, so Chinese forces, like other independent convoys, choose to follow the crowd.

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"From the data point of view, the gap between other teams and us has further narrowed." Ross Brown holding a thick pile of documents, then said: "Since the beginning of this season, the Red Bull team has always been us The biggest competitor, Newey deserves to be a master of car design. Even if he did not design a double diffuser, he did not lag behind us too much in terms of degree, and like the race track in China, our car even We can’t show much advantage. The information we have got, Red Bull is researching its own double-layer diffuser. Once their research is successful, the performance of the car may be better than us."

Ross Brown turned the document over two pages and continued: "McLaren's condition is picking up. McLaren performed very poorly at the beginning of the season, but since they also installed double diffusers, Their status in the last two stations has picked up rapidly, and they are currently using only a transitional version of the double-layer diffuser, which means that after they switch to the official version of the double-layer diffuser in the future, the performance of the car will be further improved . This will also be a great threat to us."

Ross Brown turned two more pages, and then said: "In addition, we have to pay attention to Ferrari. Ferrari is a real giant in Formula One after all. Although it seems that this giant is in this season's The results are a bit terrible, but with Ferrari’s strong research capabilities, they are likely to start in the middle of the season."

"Okay, okay, I understand. You mean, our opponent is getting stronger, right?" Zhang Guan waved his hand and said.

“Yes, if we want to maintain our advantage, we must increase research efforts.” Ross Brown nodded.

Zhang Guan knows that Rose Brown is here to ask for money. In the last week, he just asked for money once, but today came to ask for money again, which obviously shows that the research is really expensive.

“I’ve prepared it for you already. The sponsor bonuses for the China station have arrived, and should be able to support our research next month.” Zhang Guan continued: “There are new sponsors willing to buy our racing tail The advertising spaces on both sides are estimated to have another 12 million or 20 million in advertising costs. My team of brokers is in talks, and I will tell you the results after the talks are completed."

Zhang Guan is talking, the voice of the phone is ringing, and the caller ID is from He Yiming.

"Maybe there will be results now!" Zhang Guan took the phone.

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"Zhang Guan, I have to discuss something with you. It's about the advertising on both sides of the rear wing of your racing car." He Yiming's voice seemed a little quick, and he continued, "There are some problems."

"What question does the sponsor not want to buy?" Zhang Guan asked.

"I don't want to buy, but want to force it!" He Yiming said.

"Strong buy?" Zhang Guan frowned, and he continued: "Brother, don't worry, speak slowly."

"The Anonymous Group that wanted to buy a racing car advertising space before, they showed a strong willingness to buy, and I reported a price to him. They thought the price was too expensive, let us cut the price. I lowered it a little bit. The price, but they are still too expensive, so I lowered the offer again." He Yiming said.

Zhang Guan nodded silently, this is how it is done in business. Buyers and sellers are asking for money and paying for it, such as the movie star’s remuneration, and each one quotes tens of millions of billions, but this quote is definitely not the final bite. Bargaining is a must for producers. Sometimes, when encountering a more familiar producer, it is normal to give a friendly price.

Only He Yiming continued: "After the third time I quoted this price, the Anonymous Group was still too expensive, so I told them to let them set their own ideal price, and we will discuss it slowly. , But guess what?"

"They won't be flawless!" Zhang Guan asked with a smile.

"Pull! They gave me 10 million, still not US dollars, but national currency!" He Yiming said anxiously: "I was on fire at the time, just started to see this anonymous group has a willingness to buy It’s only been so long since I talked to them, I didn’t expect to tease me! So I sent them back directly~IndoMTL.com~ This sale is not going to be talked about."

Other sponsors buy advertising spaces on the car, but they are all invested tens of millions, and they are still in US dollars. Like the general Liu, the championship bonus has already raked in more than 20 million US dollars. This The Anonymous Group wants to spend 10 million to buy an advertising space. This money is in f1. I am afraid that even the cleaning staff's salary is not enough.

He Yiming on the phone went on to say: "I met a'teasing you to play', I didn't go to this matter anymore, and I continued to find new sponsors, but I didn't expect this anonymous group to speak Come, this advertising space, we have to sell it, and we have to sell it if we don’t sell it, and it’s 10 million, and we won’t give you more points!"

"So arrogant? This anonymous group has a backstage?" Zhang Guan asked immediately.

"I think so too, so I sent someone to check it out, but the news hasn't arrived yet, and a friend reminded me, or someone behind the Anonymous Group, in this way Give me a word. Let's promise this Anonymous Group." He Yiming took a breath and then said: "The people with words are really in trouble."

"Who is that person?" Zhang Guan then asked.

"It's Wang Lao..." He Yiming said a name, and this name, Zhang Guan was heard of.

"Lao Wang? Hasn't he already retired? The retired person still cares about this kind of thing? How do you feel that you are still worried. The retired person can still have such great energy?" Zhang Guan then asked.

"You don't understand this! Do you think it's a small official at the county level, and people go for tea? People come to a certain level, there are countless students, and they will always find some way out for themselves before leaving. "He Yiming went on to say: "Some people are really retired, and some people are retired, but they have not retired!" (To be continued.) 8

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