Vol 5 Chapter 217: Be your own boss

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The 500 million US dollar gambling contract is not signed. It involves a very complicated process and there are many legal documents to be prepared. Therefore, whether it is Zhang Guan or Omi, they will find their own lawyers to prepare and draw up a contract that is recognized by both parties, which will take some time.
In a mansion in Mumbai, Omi sat in front of two men about sixty years old, his father and uncle, which is the ruling generation of the Maria family.
A figure as large as 500 million US dollars, of course, cannot be obtained by Omi, and he cannot make a final decision, so he must tell his father and uncle about this matter and seek the help of his family.
"Omi, you are too disappointing to me. I thought sending you to study in the UK would make you learn gentlemanly composure and calmness, but if you look at you, what have you done? "Does the child play a house?" The father said solemnly.
"Dad, I didn't agree on the impulse." Omi said immediately: "Zhang Guan claimed to be a Formula One driver next season and wants to take the Formula One World Championship. You think this possibility How big"
Without waiting for his father to speak, Omi said to himself: "The former is possible, but the latter is completely zero. Motorsports are different from other sports. Yes, Zhang Guan is the world The fastest man on the run, and he can cross multiple sports, but this does not mean that he will be the fastest driver in the world. Motorsports are not enough for good physical fitness. Formula One The 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 the championship, he can hardly create miracles."
"So far, Zhang Guan may have obtained the position of an official Formula One driver. After all, some small teams can obtain the driver position through commercial sponsorship, but how can a small team have the strength to obtain Formula One. The champion," Omi continued.
In the 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 Formula One or low-level racing champions, in Formula One, there may be a test drive I can't get my hands mixed.
However, if you have money, you can obtain the position of the 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 relies on the sponsor. Obtained 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 tens of millions of dollars, to find a driver position for himself.
However, 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 expenditure. However, large teams such as Ferrari and McLaren who 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 the last season, it is the four teams that can compete for the Formula One championship, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault and BMW Sauber, but their drivers are all It has been determined that Ferrari owns Raikkonen and Massa, McLaren team Hamilton and Kovalainen, Renault owns Alonso and Piquet, and BMW Sauber is Kubica and Hayfield. These drivers Either a world champion racer, an experienced veteran, or a newcomer with unlimited potential. I think unless Zhang Guan buys these teams, he will definitely not be able to get a position as an official driver of these teams. "
Omi said here and laughed at himself: "These are all manufacturer teams, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, BMW Sauber, will Zhang Guan have the ability to buy them? I think even if they are rich, others Not necessarily 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.
"All Zhang Guan's chances of winning the Formula One championship next year are completely zero." Omi shrugged, and then said: "Dad, I didn't agree to this gambling contract with a hot head. The reason why I agreed to this gambling contract, It’s because I think this betting date brings huge profits to our Maria family. It is impossible to win the Formula One championship next season. Five hundred million dollars is enough for our Force India team to spend in the next three years. It's sold out, since Zhang Guan came to give money, why don't we bother with 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, but We 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 really has a huge impact on the final results. A small team, not Ferrari, not Mai Karen is not Renault, let alone winning a championship, even if it is difficult to get the top three starting rankings. Even if Zhang Guan has Schumacher-like skills, without a decent car, it is impossible to achieve good results. I think this 500 million US dollar bet, we can accept that since some people give money, we don’t want to do nothing.

At the same time, in the hotel, Zhang Guanzheng and He Yiming spoke on the phone.
"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 the calm, he can't sit still.
"It was originally intended to say 10 or 20 million, to teach the young guy a little lesson. I didn't expect him to propose 500 million pairs. This Maria family, have you checked whether they can afford so much money, but "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. The Maria family has many assets in the world. They are on the west coast of the United States. Has a lot of assets, and is 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, their family is relatively large. 'S asset is an airline." He Yiming said.
"Are the airlines big?" Zhang Guan then asked.
"The scale is big, and you have to compare with who. I will give you a brief statement. The Maria family airlines, in addition to domestic routes in India, also have foreign routes. Their flight routes include London. , Dubai, Dhaka, Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong. At present, their airline has nearly 100 aircraft, of course, part of which is under order. The main models are Airbus a320 and a321, and another 15 Airbus a330 , 5 Airbus a350, 5 Airbus a380, and several aircraft ordering rights." He Yiming said.
Zhang Guan calculated in his mind that the cheapest Airbus a320, the price of the new aircraft will be 30 million US dollars, the selling price of a350 and a380 is more than 300 million US dollars, so the assets of this Maria family airline, There will be six or seven billion dollars.
Zhang Guan didn't expect that he really angered a rich man this time, he said: "So rich, then this Maria family is afraid of having tens of billions of dollars in assets What."
"There are too many invisible rich people, they are unwilling to let others know. Look at those chiefs in the Middle East, all are rich and oily, aren't they also on the rich list?" He Yiming said suddenly, then Said: "The Maria family bought the Spyker team last year and then changed its name to Force India team. It is said that they invested more than 100 million US dollars in the team last year. This number is second only to Ferrari, McLaren and Toyota. It’s as high as 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. After the Formula One race next season, we will get 500 million US dollars and we can take less ads." Zhang Guan smiled. Say.
"You’re so confident, but it’s a Formula 1 car. It’s not the same as the competition you participated in. You participate in track and field competitions, run faster than others, jump farther than others; participate in tennis and basketball, and play better than others. Others are good, that’s because you really have the strength to race the sport. You don’t have a good car, it is impossible to get good results. Not to mention you are not a racing driver now, you must first get a level one Formula super license, and then you have to find a team to ask you." He Yiming said.
"This can be regarded as a thing." Zhang Guan said.
"Then you are going to contact the 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 we going to someone else's team this time we are our own boss" Zhang Guan said with a smile. To be continued.