All-round Athlete

Chapter 603 Chinese Power

Ross Brown looked at Takeo Fukui. He was very satisfied with the results of his negotiations. He continued: "Mr. Takeo Fukui, we can pay you for the purchase of the team, but we will not assume the debt of the original Honda team."

"It's okay to pay, 170 million US dollars!" Takeo Fukui was a little annoyed at this time, and directly said a price equivalent to the team's debt.

"I'm afraid this price is difficult to accept. I think 50 million US dollars is a more appropriate price!" Ross Brown directly lowered the price to less than 30%.

"You want to buy a Formula One team for $50 million? Humph! Mr. Brown, it's not 1999, it's 2009!" Takeo Fukui said displeased.

"A Formula 1 team? I don't think so! Maybe it's just an empty shell, empty office, empty design base, empty aerodynamics, empty test field, no technicians, no designers, no operations clerk, oh, maybe there will be a few cleaning workers." Ross Brown said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Takeo Fukui's eyes widened.

Ross Brown smiled slightly, he opened his briefcase, took out a thick stack of envelopes from it, shook it in front of Fukui Takeo, and then said: "These are resignation letters, I'll just read you a few Name it! Nick Fry, deputy team manager and CFO; Gendell, deputy technical director of the team; Big Yiss, head of aerodynamics; Ruerness, head of maintenance..."

Ross Brown said a few names, all of whom were in important positions in the Honda team. On the opposite side, Takeo Fukui's face became even more difficult to look at.

"Mr. Fukui Takeo, if these people resign, I think the Honda team will become an empty shell! And if these people are gathered together, it shouldn't be a problem to get a new team! Of course, the current The resignation letter has just been sent to me, if I can successfully buy the team, I am confident that I can retain them." Ross Brown said.

Ross Brown's subtext is already very clear. If Takeo Fukui does not sell the team, he will poach all the key personnel of the team and reorganize a new team. A Honda team without key talents, I am afraid Really only broken copper and iron are left!

Takeo Fukui has no doubts that Ross Brown has this ability. For others, reorganizing a team may be a very complicated matter, but with Ross Brown's connections and prestige at the racing festival, even if he is from He is also capable of building a Formula One team from scratch.

Anger filled Takeo Fukui's heart, and he wished he could kill Ross Brown. Ross Brown was simply forcing the palace, threatening him to sell the team with the resignation of these employees.

However, the anger turned into anger, but the reality forced him to agree to Ross Brown's request. Selling the team to Ross Brown would at least make some money, which would ease the financial pressure on Honda. If everyone is taken away, the Honda team will not even be able to get this sum of money.

"Mr. Brown, 50 million dollars is really too little. I think since it is a negotiation, both of us should come with sincerity. I hope that Mr. Brown can give us a sincere price!" Takeo Fukui finally conceded.

"Of course, we are very sincere. What I just said is just an ideal price for us unilaterally. Negotiations. Of course, it is best to have a result that both of us can accept. In terms of price, we You can talk slowly." Ross Brown instantly turned into a docile sheep.

However, everyone present knew that the negotiations had come to this point, and the rest depended on how much price Rory Brown could suppress!

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This method of Ross Brown is not glorious, and it can even be said to be a bit despicable. In the past, Ross Brown might not do this kind of thing, but it is different now. This time the acquisition of the Honda team, Ross Brown Brown spent his own money.

In the past, Ross Brawn, whether he was in the Williams team, the Benetton team, or the Ferrari team, he was a successful wage earner, but at that time he was spending the boss’s money and wasting the boss’s money I don't feel bad, anyway, I can take the invoice back for reimbursement when the time comes.

But this time Ross-Brown is a partner of the new team and one of the owners. The boss's money can be wasted, but his own money has to be counted. So Ross-Brown also started to use some not very glorious means, purchased a Honda team.

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After lengthy negotiations, the two parties finally reached a consensus on the price. The price they finally negotiated was 80 million US dollars. The new team will fully accept the fixed assets and staff of the old team, but the debts of the Honda team will continue to be borne by Honda. .

The 80 million US dollars is less than half of the debt owed by the Honda team. Honda has to pay another 90 million US dollars to fill the remaining hole. However, for Honda, in this era of economic crisis, Recovering 80 million yuan of funds is already a very good result.

And Ross Brown is quite satisfied with this price. The 80 million US dollars bought are all positive assets, no debts, and the team's personnel, equipment and venues are all available, which means they can be used immediately. Ross Brawn thinks it's worth $80 million to buy a ready-made team.

Zhang Guan has no objection to this price. I am afraid that no one in this world knows the price of the team better than Ross Brown. Since Ross Brown thinks it is worth it, it must be worth it.

For the 80 million US dollars to buy the team, Zhang Guan invested 50 million US dollars, and Ross Brown paid 30 million US dollars. The two parties agreed on the shareholding ratio, Zhang Guan accounted for 60%, and Ross Brown accounted for 40%. Zhang Guan lost 2 million US dollars. But Ross Brown was left behind. In the racing world, a talent like Ross Brown is not comparable to a mere $2 million.

Moreover, Ross Brown has expressed that he is willing to give up next year's salary. People like Ross Brown are eligible to receive tens of millions of annual salary. This is obviously Ross Brown saving money for the team.

Of course, if Zhang Guan becomes a driver, he is also willing to compete in the next season for free without salary.

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"We finally have our own team. I didn't expect that one day I would become the owner of a team!" Ross Brawn couldn't hide his excitement, and he continued: "Now we are waiting for the FIA ​​to approve this time. Acquisition, all our procedures have been completed. Now it seems that we can still catch up with the last concentrated test before the start of the game!"

Zhang Guan nodded with a smile, and then said: "Mr. Brown, now we still need to think of a name for our team. We can't continue to call it the Honda team! Do you have any good suggestions for this?"

"You are the major shareholder, so you decide!" Ross Brown didn't care too much about it.

"I wonder if I should sell the naming rights of the team..." Zhang Guan said.

"We have just acquired a team that is on the verge of bankruptcy, and we haven't achieved any decent results. The naming rights are not worth the price. And if we sell the naming rights now, when our team improves in the future, Didn’t it sell out?” Ross Brown said bluntly.

"That's true!" Zhang Guan thought for a while and said, "There has never been a Chinese team in Formula One. If so, I think it will be called 'China Power'!"

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