Meet Leclerc Horner in a small café in the small town of Córdoba.

In order to keep it secret, and in order not to bother Leclerc Horner's work agent, Chen Geng simply chartered the entire café, of course, from the outside, the whole café seemed to be full of people, and the door of the café was also hung with a "full" sign, indicating that it would no longer accept new guests.

When he saw Leclerc Horner, Chen Geng couldn't believe his eyes: this haggard and tired guy with no energy in his whole body was the famous Leclerc Horner, who had led the Fiat WRC team to several Drivers' Championships and Constructors' Championships?!

This guy looks like an unlucky guy who has been suffering from pain and shame because his mother-in-law ran away with someone else, and he has lost sleep for a month!

Looking at Chen Geng's eyes looking at him, Leclerc Horner knew what the other party was thinking, and he smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Fernandez, the pressure has been a bit too much lately......

Chen Geng nodded clearly: "Your team's results this year will indeed bring you a lot of pressure...... Okay, Mr. Horner, I'll just say it, I'm here personally, so I'm sure you see my sincerity as well, so if there's anything you want to ask, you can ask it now. ”

Leclerc Horner was speechless: Do the super-rich speak so directly?

But Leclerc Horner had to admit in his heart that what Chen Geng said was the truth: as a super-rich man worth more than ten figures, just because he wanted to form a team, he personally flew from England to Argentina to meet him, in terms of sincerity, what else do you want?

"Well," Leclerc Horner sighed, "Mr. Fernández, then you're welcome...... Can you tell us why you started this team, really because you were doing what the media said you were doing to vent your gas?"

"Of course not, children will be angry because of this, adults only talk about interests," Chen Geng smiled: "The reason is actually very simple, because AMC wants to gain a firm foothold in the European continent, and our goal is to achieve at least 500,000 annual sales in the European continent, but you know the characteristics of European consumers, so ......"

“......”

Leclerc Horner didn't speak, his mouth already open in an "O" shape.

Yes, he was frightened by Chen Geng's ambitions: AMC actually wants to achieve 500,000 current sales on the European continent......? Ambitious!

Yes, Leclerc Horner is well aware of the habits of European consumers in the bulk consumption of cars, obviously only have $2,000 in his pocket, and he is ready to buy a $6,000 car, but he still requires this and that, what handling is good, and the technical content of the chassis is high...... If it can be summed up in one sentence, it is a typical "I don't have much money in my pocket, and there are a lot of things one by one".

But there is no way, the market situation in Europe is like this, for foreign AMC, if they really want to gain a foothold in the European market, and achieve their goals, participate in some events, and achieve good results to prove the technical content of their products, it is really the only way to open up the European market.

Leclerc Horner was a little moved: if that's the case, then it means that AMC is not a ticket nature, and it seems to be a good choice.

Looking at Leclerc Horner's reaction, Chen Geng smiled secretly in his heart: Fortunately, I didn't tell you the truth.

Leclerc Horner nodded, meaning that he could accept the statement: "What about the team's investment, how much money can you afford to invest in the team each year?"

Investing a lot of money does not mean that the team will be able to get good results, but if the money invested is not enough, the team must only be worthy of being a salted fish. Don't look at what Chen Geng said beautifully, but how determined AMC is depends on how much money they are willing to invest in this event. As a veteran fritter who has been fighting in the WRC for many years, Leclerc Horner has a mirror in his heart about this.

"$8 million," Chen Geng raised a finger and said confidently: "Among them, the team is $5 million and the R&D team is $3 million." ”

$8 million?!

Leclerc Horner's eyes straightened.

$8 million is too little?

No!

It's too much.

In F1, McLaren, Ferrari, and Lotus are the "sitting" of the top teams all year round The team's annual budget is only 8 million to 10 million US dollars, and the WRC teams that are relatively not as technical as F1 spend between 5 million and 7 million US dollars a year, and the Audi team, which won last year's annual drivers' and constructors' championships, has set a new record for team spending, but it is only 7.6 million US dollars, and Fernandez Chen's budget for the team is as high as 8 million US dollars.

You know, it's 1983!

Leclerc Horner couldn't help but curse angrily in his heart: Damn Yankee, you're so rich!

Scolding and scolding, Leclerc Horner still couldn't help but remind Chen Geng: "Sir, I have to remind you, this is $8 million......"

"Is $8 million a lot?" Chen Geng asked rhetorically, "Even if it's a five-year total budget, it's only $40 million." ”

“......”

Leclerc Horner is completely speechless, and he almost wants to make a case: "only $40 million...... It's only $40 million?!

Do you even know how much a fortune $40 million is?!

But when he thought of Chen Geng's worth, Leclerc Horner suddenly turned into a deflated ball again, and his words turned into that sentence again: Damn Yankee, you are really rich!

Chen Geng was very satisfied with this effect, he patted Leclerc Horner on the shoulder with a smile, and said: "Europe is still too poor after all, you look at Lancia, Fiat, Citroen...... The total sales volume of these car brands in a year is only how much, and how much is the annual sales? If the sales volume cannot go up, the investment can only be so small.

But our AMC is different, we sell all big cars, even if it is the same sales, but the price of one car in our AMC is almost equal to the price of two of them, so, Mr. Horner, you really don't have to worry about the problem of fleet operating expenses and R&D expenses. Now that we're talking about money......"

Chen Geng paused for a moment and said: "Taking the initiative to talk about money is a boss's respect for employees, before I came, I had a general understanding of the salary of the team managers of the WRC teams, so that if you agree to come to our AMC team as a team manager, the annual salary is 150,000 US dollars, after tax, other customary expenses will follow the WRC tradition."

In terms of prize money, if you can lead the team to sixth place next year, the prize money is $50,000, or after tax, and then it will increase by $30,000 for each additional position, and it will also be after tax?"

Salaries and bonuses are all after tax?!

Leclerc Horner couldn't help but get excited.

His current annual salary at Fiat Racing is $120,000 in dollars, and last year's year-end bonus was only a pitiful $10,000, and some of it was before taxes, and Italy's personal income tax is not cheap, of course, despite this, his Leclerc Horner's income is already a properly high salary, roughly equivalent to the annual salary after 2015 plus the year-end bonus of $200 to $2.3 million.

But the problem is that everything is afraid of comparison, Leclerc Horner originally felt that his income was not bad, although it was not the highest in the WRC teams, but it was also the first echelon, but now look at the annual salary and ladder increase bonus given by Chen Geng, once he successfully signed the contract, he is the team manager with the highest salary in the WRC teams!

In the special circle of WRC, which is super competitive, who is not desperately competitive?

Drivers compete with rankings and results to get higher annual salaries and bonuses, and to get more product endorsement opportunities, while team management, led by team managers, competes with team results to get higher annual salaries and bonuses for themselves...... As long as the results come out, whether it is the team management or the driver, they are full of confidence: there is no place to keep the master here.

At the end of the day, whether it's a driver or a team manager, their ultimate goal is to make more money.

And for Claire Horner, another meaning of this first salary is: don't you all say that I'm not good at Leclerc Horner?

This is my own counterattack to those gossip that doubts that I can't do it!

Leclerc Horner took a deep breath, he felt that it was not enough to calm his agitated heart, although he had already made a decision, before he made the decision, he confirmed to Chen Geng: "David told me that in the next year, you will be racing with the team for some time, so if I am the team manager, who will decide?"

"Of course, you have the final say," Chen Geng said without hesitation: "I am a layman, of course, it is the insiders who lead the insiders." Of course, if you have a bad team, you may not be a team manager the year after. ”

"Hehehe......"

Hearing Chen Geng's words, Leclerc Horner laughed, he stood up, stretched out his hand to Chen Geng, and said confidently: "Boss, please rest assured, I won't give you the opportunity to quit me, happy cooperation." ”

"Happy working together!"

Chen Geng stood up with a smile on his face and shook Leclerc Horner's hand.

As for the question of whether Fiat will accept the resignation of Leclerc Horner, hehe...... Just look at the support Leclerc Horner has received over the past two years.

On the other hand, if it weren't for the certainty that Fiat would release him, how could Chen Geng make a special trip to Argentina?