Chapter 896 - Driving School Upgrade?
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"I need to think about it seriously," Lin Zheng's eyes were a little serious and serious, looking at Stoddart and said: "Compared with simple sponsorship, I hope to establish an in-depth cooperative relationship with Minardi, which is a strategic partnership nature......"
"Great!" Without waiting for Lin Zheng to finish speaking, Stoddart stood up excitedly: Establish in-depth cooperation with Lin Zheng in the nature of a strategic partnership? This is a great thing, Stoddart excitedly wanted to hug Lin Zheng and sing a song of conquest. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
What is a strategic partner in F1? For example, BMW and Williams Racing, such as Ford Motor and Stewart Racing, this kind of independent relationship between car manufacturers and teams, but two good pants are a strategic partnership.
Strategic partnership means that the two can be more closely tied together, Minardi has not thought about looking for a strategic partner before, but helplessly, there are names and surnames of manufacturers have long had their own partners, those manufacturers who are almost weak directly look down on Minardi, since its establishment in 1979, Minardi has been tirelessly looking for strategic partners, but the reality is so sad, no one cares about them.
Although Lin Zheng can't be compared with those veteran car manufacturers with a history of dozens or hundreds of years, he can't stand this guy being rich! Of course, even if Lin Zheng is rich, the degree of wealth cannot be compared with an old giant like Ford Motor, and the net profit of people a year is tens of billions of dollars, but it doesn't matter, Stoddart's requirements for the Minardi team are not so high, he only hopes that with Lin Zheng's financial support, the results of the Minardi team will not be so embarrassing. Don't compete with Trail in the annual standings all year round, just get more zero points...... This is a pair of sad brothers, and the two teams compete all year round to see who gets more zero points in the year.
Lin Zheng understood why Stoddart was so excited. But there are some things he has to say first.
"Mr. Stoddat, please be heard. I'm talking about strategic cooperation, not just cooperation,"
"Stake?" Sure enough, hearing Lin Zheng's condition, Stoddart was stunned for a moment.
"That's right, it's a stake," Lin Zheng nodded: "If the cooperation can be successful, the Minardi team must help my company develop and test new technologies." ”
Stoddart never expected Lin Zheng to make such a request and become a shareholder? Nima went from sponsor to one of the team's owners? Opening his mouth, Stoddart subconsciously prepared to refuse: "But ......"
"Mr. Stoddat. I don't think you know what I mean, but now I'm just interested in it, I'm not sure if I'm going to take a stake or not, and I need an expert to help me assess whether it's worth it. ”
"......" Stoddart was dumbfounded, he understood the meaning of Lin Zheng's words: Stoddat, don't be busy refusing, don't be happy too early, buddy, I'm not sure if I want to buy shares, if the expert tells me that it is not cost-effective to buy shares, this proposal will be just a proposal.
Lin Zheng's words made Stoddart sober up instantly, and he finally realized a problem: in this matter. I don't really have much right to speak...... Well, he has the right to decide whether to accept Lin Zheng's shares, but as long as he Stoddart still has some ideas about the results of the Minardi team, he should not refuse Lin Zheng's kindness no matter what.
That's right. It's kindness.
"Alright," Stoddart nodded after a moment of serious consideration. "I'm also a little excited, it's a big deal. I also need to think about it. ”
"I understand." Lin Zheng nodded: "But ...... Let's put it this way, if we can work together. It will be a package with a long-term plan. ”
Stoddart blinked, he was very interested in what Lin Zheng said, "a package of overall cooperation plans with long-term planning", and was a little moved: "Mr. Lin, can you tell me your general idea, oh, should it include the racing training institution similar to BMW you just mentioned?" ”
"This is only part of it," Lin Zheng nodded, since everyone is already a partner, of course Lin Zheng wants his partner to show his strength: "Maybe you don't know, my company also has the largest chain of training driving schools in the country, and now it has opened more than 100 branches in our country......"
"God!" Before Lin Zheng could finish speaking, Stoddart exclaimed.
Was he really scared, he also had a driving school with more than 100 branches under his name? As someone in the auto industry, Stoddart knows exactly what this means: even by European standards, this is a powerful chain of more than 100 million dollars in total assets, and I heard that their country has a population of more than 1 billion people, and by that standard, it may take five or six times more to make it happen.
With a driving school, there is a basis for training with those who like racing and want to improve their driving skills to establish a higher level of driving skills, which means that as long as you make good use of another rolling financial resource, at this moment, Stoddat's envy of Lin Zheng has broken through the sky: Why didn't such a good thing fall on my head?!
It seems that this guy is very smart, but also, if he is not smart, he can't mix in the F1 circle. Looking at Stoddat, whose shocked back molars were exposed, Lin Zheng continued: "If feasible, I will establish a high-standard training base for F3 and F3000 formula car training, and provide high-standard formula car training to professional drivers from all over the world...... Of course, this is just an idea, and whether it is ultimately feasible depends on what the experts say. ”
“……”
Stoddart was already shocked and didn't know what to say, a racing training base that can train F3 and F3000 racing drivers, of course, can also train lower-level Formula Renault, Formula Ford and Formula Combass, and all forms of track racing cars are not a problem at all, which is equivalent to a one-stop training base that can train racing drivers from preschool to graduate school...... As for F1, well, that's already a high-end thing that only the "doctors" in the racing industry are qualified to play.
Do you want to? Absolutely!
Even thinking of the connections brought by this guy's more than 100 driving schools, Stoddat's whole body was full of excitement, but excitement is one thing, and the other problem is ......
"I admit I'm excited and excited, but Mr. Lin, do you know how much it would cost to build such a training base?"
"I really don't know about this, but since we are just a training base, we can contract some of our domestic field competitions and touring car races, the venue requirements are not as high as F1, the circumference is about 2 kilometers, and the total construction fund should not exceed 25 million US dollars."
Lin Zheng is telling the truth, but he vaguely remembers that the first phase of the construction fund of the F1 racing circuit in the magic capital is more than 2 billion, but considering that this is a state-run project, the cost of the project has been increased by at least three or four times by countless people who have their hands on it, and the land is near the magic airport, so if you consider it comprehensively, the construction cost of the land and the site is actually 5 to 7 billion RMB, which is about the same?
This is still the highest standard of F1 racing requirements, I don't expect my own training base to be able to host F1 this level of international top events, this is not something I can afford, but to be able to host the National Automobile Venue Championship (CCC) should be no problem, in addition to racing technology training on weekdays, you can also open the racing circuit to some rich and idle racing enthusiasts to earn a little money to spend, around can be higher shops, car sales centers and other things, even if you can't achieve independent profits, but it shouldn't be a lot of money.
As for the question of whether you can make money by training in racing, no matter how many points the Minardi team has all year round, it is also mixed with F1, and there are only a few guys who have obtained a super driver's license in the public around the world, and there are F1 drivers to provide you with technical guidance, Lin Zheng really doesn't believe it: even if you can't make much, you can't lose too much, right? The money lost from this project, is it possible that Lao Tzu can't make it back from other places?
But Stoddat's eyes glared at the boss: "$25 million? Lin, are you sure you're kidding? ”
Lin Zheng understands why Stoddart has such an expression, 25 million US dollars is indeed not a big number, even if the Minardi team is poor and has become such a virtue, the annual sponsorship and broadcast share are not less than this number, Lin Zheng has to explain to him: "The situation in our country is different from that of Europe, our land costs, labor costs and construction costs are very cheap, and there may actually be some differences, but they will not be too big." ”
"God......
Stoddart stared at Lin Zheng's eyes for a long time, and finally confirmed that Lin Zheng didn't look like he was joking with himself, but he still couldn't believe that he only needed "a meas" $25 million to build a racing track that could hold lower-level formula races and touring car races: Nima felt like a joke.
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Stoddat, who was shocked by Lin Zheng, left with a heavy heart, Lin Zheng's idea gave him too much shock, a professional racing training base that can train from the lowest level of go-karts to F3000 formula racers, this is a temptation that he can't refuse no matter what, he has to go back and think about it.
Stoddart left, but Lin Zheng's brows never relaxed, just now he was just excited, but whether he could play like this, he was not very sure in his heart, but...... You can ask the experts yourself, isn't it? (To be continued......) r1292
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