London.

The Gulfstream G650 painted with Zhengxin LOGS slowly stopped on the VIP runway in the drizzling rain, and dozens of black umbrellas bloomed in the rain curtain on the side of the vast runway.

The cabin door slowly opened, and a slender arm took the lead in reaching out, opening the umbrella for Li Fanyu.

Seeing the few people who had already gathered, Li Fanyu stretched his waist and smiled on his face.

"Boss, you're finally back! I thought you didn't want me anymore! You've been away for a few months, but you've missed me. Li Kai, who was dressed in a decent slim suit, came over with an umbrella, and the horse's ass clanged.

Behind him, Angelella and Gerald, who is now deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Chinese British Federation, also quickly followed.

"Chairman Li, welcome back. ”

"My friend, it's such a pleasure to see you again. ”

Most of the rest are members of the board of directors of the British Union. On this occasion, it was not their turn to come forward and talk.

Facing everyone's enthusiastic smiles, Li Fan smiled foolishly and hugged a few people: "Long time no see!"

Li Kai waved his hand behind him, and a special extended version of the Rolls-Royce drove over directly. Surrounded by everyone, Cheng Ke boarded the car.

Sitting on the comfortable and soft sofa, Li Fanyu looked out the window and secretly cursed the ghost weather.

Seeing that he was a little distracted, Gerald on the bench spoke, "Lee, we have already received a notice from Zhengxin to prepare for the layout of the European market. I heard that you were going to do your results in F1 before you entered Europe, but in the newspapers two days ago, I saw that your F1 journey didn't seem to be going well. You're here to settle the matter when you're back in England this time?"

Li Fanyu withdrew his attention from the fugue and bowed slightly, "That's right." ”

He was not afraid of losing face and told the story of yesterday's experience with the Red Bull Racing team. After listening to the dignified and honest chairman of the board of directors personally came to the door to ask for a meeting, Li Kai, an old subordinate, couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded the Red Bull team for having no vision and deserving to hit the street for three seasons in a row.

Old Sir was a little gloating.

"Ha, although this is rude, but I feel very comfortable to see you deflated. ”

Li Fanyu smiled faintly, not ashamed at all, "Yesterday the Red Bull Racing team made me understand a lot of things, and the current situation of the F1 teams is very complicated, and I began to think that it is indeed a little simple." If you want to take the first step in the power supply of F1, you can't do it without finding a suitable partner. ”

"What do you mean?" Gerald asked when he saw that Li Fanyu seemed to have a plan.

"That's why I'm here. Li Fanyu looked at the old sir and smiled darkly: "I have to ask Mr. Sir to be a medium to help me contact the boss of the Williams team, Sir Claire." ”

……

Sir Claire that Li Fanyu said is Claire Williams. The founder of the Williams team, the eldest daughter of Frank Williams.

Since Frank was paralyzed in a car accident 22 years ago, he has made plans for his succession. Although Frank is still nominally the general manager of the Williams team, the actual team affairs have been handled by Claire.

Williams Racing is a more magical team than Red Bull, and of all the teams in F1, only Williams is the only one to go public.

Therefore, 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 again and again.

While there are many reasons for the team's poor results, the power aspect is a big problem for the Williams team. In Claire's first year at the helm of the team, she terminated her power partnership agreement with the Europa League.

In recent years, the Williams team has relied on the power of Mercedes to barely maintain the team and not become a third-rate.

In fact, judging from the current situation, the Williams team has no intention of changing the power supplier. But Li Fanyu had confidence and let them accept Fetype.

Claire is not difficult to contact, in fact, the 39-year-old female F1 manager has a good relationship with Geralde. After a phone call from the old sir, Li Fanyu got a reply from that side - it was an honor to contact Zhengxin.

Whether it's true love or 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 British Zhengxin, Li Fanyu and Cheng Ke took Geralde's private helicopter to Oxford, the location of the Williams team.

A few kilometres west of Oxford, Li Fanyu saw from a helicopter the Williams team's brick office buildings and primitive-style factories that covered several acres of land.

The helicopter landed on the marble-floored vestibule, and the first thing that jumped into Li Fan's eyes was a Williams F1 car carved with laser cutting. In front of the glittering sculpture, Claire, dressed in a black OL suit, was already waiting there.

Under Geralde's threading of the needle, Li Fanyu greeted the daem.

In the face of Li Fanyu's visit, Claire was actually a little strange. With the current situation of F1, the only possibility for the young chairman of Zhengxin to come over is for the engine.

However, as early as the end of last season, Williams had already signed a £90 million design deal with Mercedes-Benz. Although the team's current results are not ideal, Williams also concluded that it is impossible to jump out of his contract in the middle of the season and part ways with Mercedes.

For one, the team is not rich enough to jump out of the contract at any time. Second, in today's F1 competitive situation, Claire can't guarantee that if she aborts the engine cooperation with Mercedes-Benz to find a new love, the team's results will be much better than now.

So when Li Fanyu arrived, she thought about taking Li Fanyu to visit the Williams factory to see the car assembled for the next sub-station and the Mercedes-Benz engine on it.

It has to be said that Williams' F1 factory looks ordinary from the outside, but on the inside it has a lot to offer. As a sophisticated assembly and debugging workshop, it is slightly better than Zhengxin Xcar in many aspects.

Seeing Li Fanyu nodding and praising again and again, Claire was a little relieved.

After walking around the factory, she led Li Fanyu, Cheng Ke and Gerald to her office.

"Mr. Li, I don't know how you feel. Claire asked with a smile as she poured coffee for the trio.

Li Fanyu, who was sitting on the sofa and looking at Erlang's legs, spread his hands, "Very good." I am very satisfied and after the visit I have just made, I am even more confident in acquiring the shares of Williams Racing. ”

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Hearing this, Claire's coffee pot fell to the ground.