Almighty Athlete Chapter 217: Be your own boss

The 500 million dollar gambling contract is not signed and signed. It involves a very complicated process and there are many legal documents to prepare. So whether it is Zhang Guan or Omi, they will find their own lawyers to prepare and draw up a contract approved by both parties, which will take some time.

In a mansion in Mumbai, Omi sat in front of two men in their sixties, his father and uncle, the generation in power of the Maria family.

With such a huge amount of 500 million US dollars, Omi certainly can’t get it out, and he can’t make a final decision, so he must tell his father and uncle about this matter and seek help from his family.

"Omi, you are too disappointing me! I thought that sending you to study in the UK would make you learn gentlemanly calmness and calmness, but if you look at you, what have you done! US dollars! Do you think it's a child's play?" Father said solemnly.

"Dad, I didn't agree on my impulse." Omi said immediately: "Zhang Guan claims to be a Formula One driver next season and wants to take the Formula One World Championship, you think this How likely is it?"

While not waiting for his father to speak, Omi asked himself: "The former has some possibilities, but the latter has zero possibility. Motorsports are different from other sports. Yes, Zhang Guan He is the fastest person in the world, and he can cross multiple sports, but this does not mean that he will become the fastest driver in the world. Motorsports are not enough for good health. The Formula One World Champion not only needs first-class technology, but also a good car. Even Schumacher, given him a car that is not capable of winning, he can hardly create miracles."

"So far, Zhang Guan may have obtained the position of a formal Formula One driver. After all, some small teams can obtain the driver position through commercial sponsorship, but how can the small team have the strength to obtain the first level. What about the champion of the formula?" Omi continued.

In a Formula One race, a team has two regular drivers, one test driver, and occasionally one or two second test drivers or third test drivers. Formula One is the world's top motorsport. It is also a matter of not being able to become a test driver in a Formula One team. Many champions of low-level formula races or low-level racing races, in Formula One, may even have a test drive I can't get my hands mixed.

However, if you have money, you can obtain the position of an official driver through sponsorship. For example, the former Japanese driver Yamamoto is near, and the technology is terrible. It can be called the "road killer" in Formula 1, but he is The sponsor won the position of the official driver of the Super Aguri team; in the future, there will also be a Russian driver, with a sponsorship contract of 10 million US dollars, to find a driver position for himself.

But this is only happening in small teams. Small teams have less money, fewer sponsors, and less money to invest in the team. A tens of millions of dollars of sponsorship can almost offset the team's annual expenses. However, large teams like Ferrari and McLaren that are capable of winning championships will definitely not have sponsor drivers. The big teams need top racing drivers such as Alonso, Hamilton and Raikkonen. If they are There are people like Schumacher who are the king of cars, that is very welcome.

Only Omi continued: "From the points of last season, it is the four teams that can compete for the Formula One championship, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault and BMW Sauber, but they The drivers have been determined. Ferrari owns Raikkonen and Massa, McLaren's Hamilton and Kovalainen, Renault owns Alonso and Piquet, and BMW Sauber is Kubica and Highfield. These drivers are either world championship class drivers, experienced veterans, or newcomers with unlimited potential. I think unless Zhang Guan buys these teams, they will definitely not be able to obtain an official driver of these teams. Location."

Omi said here and laughed to himself: "These are all manufacturer teams. Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, BMW Sauber. Will Zhang Guan be able to buy them? I think even if it is With money, people may not be willing to sell!"

Omi’s father and uncle nodded at the same time. As Omi said, a century-old store in Formula One, such as Ferrari and McLaren, will not sell even if they are rich.

"The probability of all Zhang Guan winning the Formula One championship next year is completely zero!" Omi shrugged, and then said: "Dad, I didn't agree to this bet with a hot head. The reason why I agreed to this I bet because I think this dating will bring huge profits to our Maria family! Zhang Guan is simply impossible to get the Formula 1 championship next season. 500 million dollars is enough for our Force India team in the next three It’s been costly for the year, and since Zhang Guan is the reason to send money, why don’t we do it!”

"Brother, I think Omi is right." Omi's uncle turned his head and said: "Formula 1 burns more money than we thought. Our Force India team spent $127 million last year. Yes, but we still didn’t get a point in the end, although a large part of it was invested in the development of new cars, but it also proved that the gap of the racing car did have a huge impact on the final results. A small team, not Ferrari It’s not McLaren or Renault. Not to mention winning the championship, even if it is difficult to get the top three starting rankings. Even if Zhang Guan has Schumacher-like car skills, it is impossible to achieve without a decent car. Good results! I think we can take over the $500 million bet! Since someone sends money, we don’t want to do it!”

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At the same time, in the hotel, Zhang Guan is talking with He Yiming.

"500 million US dollars, you can play big enough this time!" He Yiming's voice was a little excited, and it can be seen that even with his constant calm, he couldn't sit still.

"I originally wanted to say 10 or 20 million to teach the young kid a little lesson, but he didn't expect to propose 500 million by himself! By the way, have you checked this Maria family? Can they get it? With so much money, don’t pay the bill in the end!" Zhang Guan asked.

"I haven’t heard of this Maria family before, so I checked it for you. As a result, I was taken aback by this investigation! This Maria family has many assets in the world, They have a lot of assets on the west coast of the United States, and are mainly concentrated in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Las Vegas has their hotels. The seaport of Monte Carlo in Monaco also has their shares. Their family also has a large financial investment in Hong Kong. In addition, The relatively large asset of their family is an airline." He Yiming said.

"Airline? Is it big?" Zhang Guan then asked.

"The scale is big, and you have to compare with who. I will give you a simple statement. The Maria airlines, in addition to domestic routes in India, also have foreign routes, their flights The routes include London, Dubai, Dhaka, Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong. At present, their airline has close to 100 aircraft, of course part of which is under order. The main types are Airbus A320 and A321, and another 15 "Airbus A330, 5 Airbus A350, 5 Airbus A380. And a number of aircraft ordering rights." He Yiming said.

Zhang Guan silently counted, the cheapest Airbus A320, the price of the new aircraft should be 30 million US dollars, the price of A350 and A380 is more than 300 million US dollars, so it is calculated that this Maria family airline Assets, there are 6-7 billion US dollars.

Zhang Guan did not expect that he really angered a rich man this time, he said: "So rich! Then the Maria family is afraid that they must have tens of billions of dollars of assets! Why haven’t I heard of it before? How not? Last Forbes Rich List or something."

"There are too many invisible riches, they are unwilling to let others know. Look at those chiefs in the Middle East, all of them are rich and rich, aren't they also on the rich list?" He Yiming said. After a pause, he said: "The Maria family bought the Spyker team last year and then changed its name to Force India team. It is said that last year they invested more than $100 million in the team, which is second only to Ferrari, McLaren and Toyota~IndoMTL.com~ is higher than Renault and BMW Sauber. So I think 500 million dollars, this Maria family can definitely get it."

"That's great. I signed so many advertising endorsements, and I didn't earn so much. When the Formula One race next season ends, we will get 500 million dollars, and we can receive fewer ads." Zhang Guan said laughingly.

"You’re so confident? That’s a Formula 1 car! This is not the same as the competition you participated in before. You participate in track and field competitions, run faster than others, jump farther than others; participate in tennis and basketball, playing better than others, that's because you really have an advantage to race this sport, you don't have a good car, it is impossible to get good results! Moreover, you are not a racing driver now, you First you have to get a Formula One super driver’s license, and then you have to find a team to ask you.” He Yiming said.

"This can be regarded as one thing." Zhang Guan said.

"Then you are going to contact that team? Williams team? I think if you bring a sponsorship fee of 20 million US dollars, they will definitely be willing to give you a position as an official driver." He Yiming said.

"Why are you going to someone else's team? This time we are our own bosses!" Zhang Guan said with a smile. (To be continued.) Activate new URL