Almighty Athlete Chapter 355: Selling fleet
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Zhang Guan handed over the preparations for the fund to He Yiming. He boarded the plane to the UK. He was going to deal with some of the fleet’s affairs and also to get a gift for Schumacher.
Schumacher invites Zhang Guan to ski. Zhang Guan certainly cannot go empty-handed. According to the etiquette Zhang Guan, you need to prepare a gift. The gift does not need to be expensive. More is to express a heart. If something special is better Moreover, with Schumacher's economic conditions, he lacks nothing.
The gift Zhang Guan prepared for Schumacher is a helmet, not a racing helmet, but a ski helmet. Schumacher loves skiing. Schumacher goes skiing every winter, and giving him a ski helmet is a suitable gift.
And Zhang Guan knows that Schumacher finally planted on skis. At the end of 2013, Schumacher had an accident during a skiing. His head hit the rock and almost died. After rescue, although he saved his life, After spending hundreds of millions of euros in treatment and rehabilitation costs, Schumacher has completely bid farewell to sports, has not become a vegetative, and can spend a wheelchair in the second half of his life, even a good ending.
Schumacher certainly wore a ski helmet when he had a ski accident, but the rocks on the Alps were enough to win. The ski helmet did not protect Schumacher’s head, so this time, Zhang Guan specially customized for Schumacher A ski helmet, and it is customized according to the standards of the Formula One racing helmet, is definitely stronger than the average ski helmet.
The fatal injury of the car **** Senna was that the fatal injury was that the helmet was pierced by racing debris. Since then, the standard of Formula 1 racing helmets has been greatly improved. Therefore, the helmet of Formula One is obviously the best sports helmet in the world. Not only is it lightweight, but also the polymer material makes the helmet extremely strong. The two layers of hard carbon fiber reinforced resin in the outer shell are enough to withstand the general impact; The penetrated polyethylene material may even have a chance to withstand the attack of armor-piercing projectiles. After all, the carbon fiber racing fragments are not inferior to ordinary bullets in the sharpness; the soft inner layer of the polypropylene material of the helmet can fully absorb the impact and protect the skull, It is also fireproof. Of course, the expensive construction cost of a helmet of more than 100,000 US dollars is also worthy of the materials used.
Each driver’s racing helmet is specially customized, so the helmet manufacturing company has information on the shape of the driver’s head. The F1 helmet manufacturing company directly contacted by Zhang Guan customized a ski helmet according to Schumacher’s head shape. And it also cost Zhang Guan three hundred thousand dollars.
Zhang Guan was quite satisfied with the ski helmet in his hand. At this time, footsteps came from outside, and Ross Brown came to the door. Although the door was not closed, he knocked on the door.
"How is your holiday?" Ross Brown walked in. "I heard you came back, and I hurried over immediately."
"Very busy. If you pay attention to the Chinese portal, you can definitely know what I am doing there every day." Zhang Guan walked to the coffee machine and asked, "Still the same, black coffee?" "
"Thank you." Rose Brown continued: "Actually, I have something to find you. During your time back to China, I went to Stuttgart, Germany, and Dieter-Zecher invited me Dinner together."
"Dieter-Zecher..." Zhang Guan repeated the name, and then it was reflected that Ross Brown said that he was the chairman of Daimler AG and the president of Mercedes Automobile Group, Che Che.
Chai Che sounds like a Chinese, but he is a German from Turkey. Cai Che is his Chinese name, but not a Chinese transliteration name. It is as if the mountain in Canada should be called Roseville, and the American Ci Shiping should be called Meta Wald Pease.
Zhang Guan brought the coffee to Ross Brown and said, "Mercedes wants to buy our team?"
A surprise appeared on Ross Brown’s face, and he said, "How did you guess? I thought you would guess about the engine supply next season!"
Benz is the engine supplier of the China Power Team. Ross Brown went to see Che Che. Normal people will guess that it is for the supply of racing engines next season. No one will have such a big thinking span. Chinese power.
But Zhang Guan knows that in the course of history, Brown GP was acquired by Daimler Group after winning the championship, which is the parent company of Mercedes-Benz. So Zhang Guan guessed this when he heard Cai Che's name.
Just listen to Ross Brown and then say: "The Daimler Group hopes to acquire our team and enter the F1 race as their manufacturer team. At the same time, the Abu Dhabi consortium participated in the acquisition, which means They want a joint acquisition."
"What about McLaren? Has McLaren been a Mercedes-Benz manufacturer team for so many years?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Daimler Group now holds approximately 40% of McLaren shares, saying that McLaren should repurchase shares from Daimler Group." Ross Brown said.
"So what do you think, should we sell the fleet?" Zhang Guan asked.
"I haven't decided yet. I want to listen to your opinion before making a decision. If your big boss can still invest as much as last season ~ IndoMTL.com ~ I don't mind playing for a few more years." Ross- Brown continued: "But I prefer to sell my shares. When we bought Honda last year, it wasn't really expensive, and now we have won the championship, and the team's revenue is very good, just for sale. A high price. To be honest, I dare not guarantee that we can still have such a good result next year. Once our performance drops, the team is definitely not as valuable as it is now."
Zhang Guan nodded with a smile. Although Ross Brown is the best automotive engineer in the world, he is still a businessman in his heart. It’s the nature of a businessman to buy low and sell high to earn the difference. Also to sell for a good price.
"How much is Mercedes bidding?" Zhang Guan then asked.
"I don't know, I haven't reached the point of inquiry, but I think it should not be less than 200 million pounds!" Ross Brown said.
"200 million pounds? That’s good. Our 80 million US dollar fleet can sell 200 million pounds, which is equivalent to tripled. This investment is quite profitable." Zhang Guan continued: "Otherwise Let's sell the team?"
"Well?" Ross Brown looked at Zhang Guan with a puzzled face. He didn't know if Zhang Guan was kidding. After all, it was the F1 championship team and a big business of 200 million pounds. How can you sell it? Zhang Guan decided too quickly.
Zhang Guan also sat down. He said, "Actually, I will be very busy next year. I don't think I have time to continue to participate in F1. Next year, I will participate in two very important events, namely the men's basketball world championship. The games and the Asian Games, both training time and game time, will overlap with the F1 race, so I will definitely not be able to see me on the racing track of the next season. Since it is a lack of skill, then the team Sell it!" (To be continued.)