Looking at the little old man in front of him, who was only 1.6 meters tall, constantly using the long-term interests of participating in F1 to make arguments about the long-term interests of a car company, and bewitching himself to form a team, Li Fanyu felt funny in his heart.

Although he has not dealt with him, it does not prevent Li Fanyu from understanding this person. This guy may be the most picky person in the world, and he is also the richest man who can think of ways to make money.

Up to 5 billion, down to 50 yuan, there is no money that this little old man does not want to make. This guy who is worth billions of euros, and his ability to pick on doors and attract investment is well-known in wealthy circles.

Before the history of automobiles changed, that is, when Li Fanyu had just obtained Xapp, he remembered that Bernie had sold all his holdings in F1 to the free press, but for some reason, in this time and space, this old man was still fighting on the front line, fighting for the cause of F1 racing.

Bernie said a lot, but seeing that Li Fan was noncommittal, he couldn't help but wonder: "Mr. Li, as far as I know, Zhengxin Group is not without the financial strength to be an F1 team, why do you seem to have little interest in my proposal?"

Does Li Fanyu want to participate in F1 or not?

The answer is yes!

As the world's highest automotive competition, F1 is a hurdle that Zhengxin cannot overcome. Only by being the king and hegemonic in this field can Zhengxin have the confidence to impact the throne of the king of automobiles without any psychological burden.

But is now the time?

Obviously not.

Li Fanyu smacked his lips, spread out his hands that were inserted together, and said, "Bernie, look." To form an F1 team, it will cost hundreds of millions of euros. This may not be a big deal for you rich people. But for me, it's just a few days' worth of gains. ”

“……”

Looking at Li Fanyu's serious pretence, the corners of Bernie's eyes twitched a few times.

"Therefore, whether the team does not form an F1 team has no direct or inevitable relationship with whether I have money or not. Now the Zhengxin team's investment in Le Mans, Kadar, Formula E, as well as F3 and several karting events is as high as 500 million US dollars a year, and I don't care about spending hundreds of millions of dollars more. Not to boast, every year we spend nearly 100 million yuan on training Chinese young drivers. ”

Hearing Li Fanyu's naked display of wealth, Bernie was even more puzzled: "Then Lee, why don't you participate in F1?"

Li Fanyu smiled slightly, "Because this time, what we want to show is not Zhengxin's financial strength." If an F1 team wins the championship in the middle of the season, it must be a combination of many advantages. For example, the quality of the drivers, the R&D strength of the team, the performance of the powertrain...... Oh, and one final thing, luck. However, if you get involved in F1 as an engine supplier and use our Zhengxin engines for non-factory teams that have achieved a significant increase in performance, do you say, is this more telling than simply building a team, throwing money at it, and then winning the championship?"

Hearing Li Fanyu's explanation, Bernie's heart rippled.

"Li, are you so sure that your Zhengxin power system can surpass and suppress the existing four major suppliers in terms of performance?"

He made a very helpless expression, "I need to remind you that the current engines of the four major engine suppliers of F1, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Honda, and Reisfast, have all passed the test of time and are trusted by most non-factory teams. Of these, Reisfast has been the power supplier for the shortest, but that is also a full six seasons. If I'm not mistaken, the Zhengxin Group has never had any experience in Formula 1, and the confidence you are showing now in such a situation is hard to ...... Convinced. So in my opinion, if Shoshin wants to get involved in F1, the best way is to directly form a team. After all, you want to prove yourself, don't you?"

Bernie turned the conversation back to the convoy.

As the owner of F1, what he wants to see most at this stage is a highly competitive F1 arena with little difference in strength between them.

But now, as F1 teams invest more and more, the smaller teams are being eliminated. The strength of the entire F1 team seems to have solidified and stabilized in a stepped form.

Now F1, continue a catfish with momentum to stir.

And, despite the seemingly glamorous prospects, F1's financial situation has gotten worse and worse in the past two years. As the displacement of the engine is getting smaller and the sound decibel is getting lower and lower, a large number of fans have withdrawn. The derivative effect of television broadcasting and various copyrights is also getting worse and worse.

In order to maintain his income, the budget-conscious Bernie has even begun to calculate a slight adjustment of ticket prices and charge for live webcasts appropriately.

Now Zhengxin wants to become a power supplier, but it can't bring much profit to F1. But a fleet is different.

But although he had the idea of pulling Zhengxin into the water, what he said just now was not alarmist.

F1's power supplier is not so easy to do. Although F1 currently opens up the restrictions on engine suppliers and allows power providers to intervene, almost all teams with engine needs will choose the four major power providers to cooperate.

Not for anything else, just for stability.

Each team, including testing, practice and race, uses about 100 engines a year. These 100 engines are a big expense for the team.

No team will easily hand over this order to a stunned supplier.

Although the engines supplied by the four major suppliers are all outdated goods left over from their own play, in many cases, the outdated goods with racing experience and F1 track technology accumulation also represent stability - this is the competitiveness of the four major suppliers.

Therefore, in Bernie's view, although Li Fanyu is ambitious, he is not optimistic about Zhengxin's engine business.

In this regard, Li Fanyu is still noncommittal.

After chatting with Bernie for a while, and specially asking the F1 headquarters to apply through Zhengxin's motivation as soon as possible, Li Fanyu and Cheng Ke left together.

Out of the gate of the F1 headquarters, Li Fanyu couldn't help but chuckle.

Seeing him like this, Cheng Ke wondered: "What are you laughing at?"

Looking at Xiao Nizi's curiosity, he rubbed Cheng Ke's head vigorously, which caused the latter's strong protest.

Facing the classmate Keke who was dancing with teeth and claws, Li Fan smiled foolishly: "I found out, no matter what I do, someone jumps out and says no." ”

Cheng Ke rolled his eyes, "Then what should you do?"

Li Fanyu raised his hand and looked at his watch, then set his eyes on the somewhat gray sky of Vienna.

"Of course, it is proved that their subjective speculations are all stupid × ideas. ”