Automotive Black Technology Chapter 1571: ：Williams
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London, UK.
The Gulfstream G650 painted with Zhengxin LOGS slowly stopped on the VIP runway in the drizzle. On one side of the vast runway, dozens of black umbrellas bloomed in the rain.
The cabin door slowly opened, and a slender arm stretched out first, opening the umbrella for Li Fanyu.
Seeing the people who had gathered around, Li Fanyu stretched himself out and put a smile on his face.
"Boss, you are finally back! I thought you didn't want me anymore! In the past few months when you were away, I missed me so much." Li Kai, wearing a smart and slim suit, came over with an umbrella. The flattery clattered.
Behind him, Angelila and Gerald, who is currently the vice chairman of the board of directors of the China-British Alliance, also quickly followed.
"Director Li, welcome back."
"My friend, it's so nice to see you again."
Most of the remaining people are senior executives of Zhengxin UK and members of the board of directors of Sino-British Alliance. On this occasion, it was not their turn to come forward and talk.
Facing the enthusiastic smiles of everyone, Li Fan smiled foolishly, hugged a few people and greeted them: "Long time no see!"
Li Kai waved his hand behind him, and a special extended version of the Rolls-Royce drove over. Surrounded by everyone, Cheng Ke and he boarded the car.
Sitting on the comfortable and soft sofa, Li Fanyu looked out the window and secretly cursed the weather.
Seeing that he was a little absent-minded, Gerald on the bench spoke, "Li, we have received notice from Zhengxin before that they are preparing to expand into the European market. I heard that you are planning to start in F1 before entering Europe. But in the newspapers two days ago, I saw that your F1 trip didn't seem to be going well. Are you here to solve this problem this time?"
Li Fanyu drew his attention back from his wandering mind and nodded slightly, "That's right."
He was not afraid of embarrassment and told the story of the Red Bull Racing team yesterday. After hearing that Chairman Tangtang Zhengxin personally came to ask for a meeting and was ignored, Li Kai, an old subordinate, couldn't bear it anymore and directly accused Red Bull Racing of having no vision and deserved to be on the road for three consecutive seasons.
The old jazz man was a little gloating about his misfortune.
"Ha, although this is very rude, I feel very comfortable when I see you deflated."
Li Fanyu smiled lightly, not feeling ashamed at all, "Yesterday the Red Bull Racing team made me understand a lot of things. The current situation of the F1 teams is very complicated. What I thought at first was indeed a bit simple. Zhengxin is a rising star who wants to be in the team. Taking the first step in F1’s power supply is impossible without finding a suitable partner.”
"What do you mean?" Seeing that Li Fanyu seemed to have a plan, Gerald asked.
"This is the key to why I'm here." Li Fanyu looked at the old Jazz and smiled sinisterly: "I have to ask Mr. Jazz to be a mediator for this matter and help me contact the owner of the Williams team, Sir Claire. ."
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The Sir Claire Li Fanyu mentioned is Claire Williams. The eldest daughter of Frank Williams, founder of Williams Racing Team.
Ever since Frank was paralyzed in a car accident 22 years ago, he has developed a succession plan. Although Frank is still nominally the general manager of the Williams team, the actual team affairs have been handled by Claire.
The Williams team is a more magical team than Red Bull. Among all F1 teams, only Williams is the only listed team.
So the performance of the team directly affects the stock price. It is precisely because of this that Williams' poor results in recent years have caused the team's stock price to fall continuously.
Although there are many reasons for the team's poor performance, power is indeed a big problem for the Williams team. In Claire's first year in charge of the team, the power cooperation agreement with the European Union was terminated.
In the past few years, the Williams team has relied on the power of Mercedes-Benz to barely maintain the team from becoming a third-rate team.
In fact, judging from the current situation, the Williams team has no plans to change its power supplier. But Li Fanyu had the confidence to let them accept Fetype.
Claire is not difficult to contact. In fact, this 39-year-old female F1 manager has a very good relationship with Gerald. After a phone call from the old Jazz, Li Fanyu got the reply - it was an honor to be in contact with Zhengxin.
Whether it’s true love or just to save face, at least things are done much more beautifully than Red Bull.
After having lunch with Li Kai and Angelila, and sorting out the current situation of orthodox belief in the UK, Li Fanyu and Cheng Ke took Gerald’s private helicopter to the Williams team’s venue. Location - Oxford.
A few kilometers west of Oxford, Li Fanyu saw the Williams Racing Team's brick office building and the original-style factory covering several acres from a helicopter.
The helicopter landed on the marble-floored vestibule, and the first thing that caught Li Fanyu's eye was a Williams F1 racing car carved with laser cutting. In front of the shimmering sculpture, Claire, wearing a black OL suit, was already waiting there.
Under Gerald's guidance, Li Fanyu greeted the lady.
Claire was actually a little strange when faced with Li Fanyu's visit. Given the current situation in F1, the only possibility for this young chairman Zhengxin to come over is for the engine.
But as early as the end of last season, Williams had signed a cooperation agreement with Mercedes-Benz worth 90 million pounds. Although the current results of the team are not ideal, it is definitely impossible for Williams to break out of the contract and part ways with Mercedes-Benz during the season.
First of all, the team is not rich enough to be able to break out of the contract at any time. Secondly, in the current competitive situation of F1, Claire cannot guarantee that if the engine cooperation with Mercedes-Benz is terminated to find a new love, the team's results will be any better than now.
So when Li Fanyu arrived, she thought about taking Li Fanyu to visit Williams' factory to see the racing cars being assembled for the next station and the Mercedes-Benz engines mounted on them.
It must be said that Williams' F1 factory looks unremarkable from the outside, but it is very impressive inside. As a sophisticated assembly and debugging workshop, it is slightly better than Zhengxin Xcar in many aspects.
Watching Li Fanyu nodding his head in praise, Claire felt reassured.
After walking around the factory, she led Li Fanyu, Cheng Ke and Gerald to her office.
"Mr. Li, I wonder how you feel." Claire asked with a smile while pouring coffee for the three of them.
Sitting on the sofa, looking at the two-legged Li Fanyu, he spread his hands and said, "Very good. I'm very satisfied. After the visit just now, I have become more confident in acquiring the shares of the Williams team."
Danglang,
Hearing this, Claire dropped the coffee pot in her hand to the ground.