Watching Zhang Yifei say this simple and crude theory with a red face, Wang Gang was a little shocked at the moment, he didn't expect this 18-year-old F1 champion to do things so decisively and simply.

"I'll report to the head office, but it's not up to me to decide what the outcome will be."

Wang Gang replied that his level in Huali Group is not low, but the decision in this matter is equivalent to determining the future life and death of the entire group. Therefore, it must be reported to the group headquarters and let Chairman Li of Huali Group make a decision personally.

"I know, but I have a sentence that you need to pass on, that is, Huali Group, whether it wants to become a small player in China in a corner of China, or become the world's automobile giant in the future, the opportunity is now in front of you."

"I believe Chairman Li will make a wise choice!"

Zhang Yifei is actually very confident that Huali Group will make a ruinous move. But after all, history has changed, and he still added some gunpowder to stimulate Chairman Li.

The main reason for choosing Huali Group to cooperate in China was the ambition of Chairman Li!

People who do not have absolute "ambition" can't gamble on all their belongings, and in the era of 09 years when domestic cars were still black garbage, they went to buy and settle down in Volvo.

After all, before Huali Group acquired Volvo, there was also a lesson from SAIC's acquisition of South Korea's Ssangyong Automobile, which was really a blood mother losing 4 billion!

In 2004, the loss of 4 billion yuan was simply an astronomical figure, and SAIC was really pitted by the Korean sticks, which led to the discoloration of automobile companies in that era.

In this context, Huali Group dared to resist the pressure to acquire Volvo, which had been woolened by Ford, and also signed a technical isolation agreement, which is really not simple.

One wrong step is an abyss!

As for funds, Zhang Yifei has never worried about Huali, because the problems that can be solved with money are not problems. Tens of millions of US dollars, Huali Group can still make it out of smashing pots and selling iron.

Even if you don't smash the pot and sell iron, Huali Group has its own way, after all, behind it, there is a future number one person. If this thing can't be done, it can only be said that Zhang Yifei's vision is wrong.

"Understood, I will convey the full situation to Chairman Li."

Wang Gang nodded, and then left the Prost team headquarters, it seems that he will have a long conference call tonight.

Watching Wang Gang leave, Zhang Yifei breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little tired.

To be honest, doing this kind of thing is even more tiring to race a car, after all, racing is more of a physical work, and this is mental work, and there is psychological pressure.

After all, he is a historical traveler, and if he is just for himself to eat, drink and have fun, it is really a bit undetached from low-level fun. Now that we have come to this historical node, we still have to do something after all.

It's like a famous saying among historical travelers: that is, wear a clear and do not rebel, a chrysanthemum set of electric drills! When he was engaged in racing again, he naturally had to take into account the development of the domestic automobile industry.

Plotting things is in people, success is in the sky, coming to this point, Zhang Yifei feels that it is already the limit of his personal strength, and the next thing is to watch Huali's operation.

Early the next morning, Wang Gang sent a message to Zhang Yifei, and the chairman of Huali Group accepted Zhang Yifei's suggestion without the slightest hesitation. He will raise funds as soon as possible, and then arrange for technicians to go to the Prost Racing R&D base to participate in the research and development of AP05.

As for the difficulties, Chairman Li did not mention a word, in the face of opportunities, this difficulty is not a problem at all!

As Zhang Yifei said before, Huali Group has never only wanted to become a Chinese automobile company, its ambition is to become the world's automobile giant.

If you can't seize the opportunity, you will never be worthy of becoming the world's automobile giant!

After taking care of the affairs of Huali Group, Zhang Yifei hurried up and went to Indiana in the United States. Because the penultimate race of the 2000 season was at the Indianapolis Speedway in the United States.

The history of this track into F1 is actually not long, because of the relationship between the Indy 500 series, the United States has always been more resistant to F1, and wants to develop a formula car that has its own voice and belongs to the United States.

However, for decades, the influence of the Indy series has been confined to the Americas, and has not developed into a mainstream world event. And with the peak of F1's influence in the 90s, the Indy 500 is a little overwhelmed.

Against this backdrop, the United States relaxed restrictions in the 90s and hosted the 1991 United States Grand Prix in Phoenix, where Senna won the championship.

As a result, seeing that F1 was expanding its influence in the United States, it immediately stopped the follow-up races, which lasted for nearly a decade, until 2000, when the United States Grand Prix was reopened at Indianapolis Speedway.

Therefore, the United States is far from being as free and open as it boasts, and as long as it has no interests for itself, local protectionism is terrible, and it is completely unwilling to open its market.

And for things that have interests in it, I like to point fingers and use the name of freedom and openness to attack, which is simply the best interpretation of the double standard!

After about ten hours of flight, Zhang Yifei and his party arrived in Indianapolis in the United States in the evening.

This is the first time Zhang Yifei has come to the United States and set foot in this strange land, Zhang Yifei has a little emotion in his heart. Because there was a famous saying in the world on the Chinese Internet before, that is, the United States in the next life. And now that I've come to the United States, I really don't know if I should count it in my previous life or in my next life......

"Phineas!"

A loud voice interrupted Zhang Yifei's reverie, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi, as well as several key members of the crew, were already waiting at the pick-up gate.

Because it was an overseas race, the crew moved to Indianapolis in the United States on the night of the Austrian Grand Prix. And Zhang Yifei did not follow the crew members because he had to negotiate with Huali Group, and arrived two days late.

"You kid keep a low voice, I'm afraid others won't know, right?"

Zhang Yifei reluctantly reminded that he is also a celebrity now, especially in a place like the airport. If you are recognized, maybe it will be an overwhelming crowd of fans who surround you, which is the trouble of celebrities!

"Brother Fei, don't worry, no one knows you here."

Ah Hu replied indifferently.

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei looked around, and indeed these Yankees around him didn't care who he was at all, and the scene was a little embarrassing......

"Damn, don't say it if no one knows you, don't say it, don't you know what a row of noodles is!"

"Oh, I know Brother Fei, next time no one knows you, I won't say hello, pretend not to know, so I won't be embarrassed."

"I ......"

Zhang Yifei suddenly didn't know what to say, Ah Hu's brain circuit is a little wrong.

Listening to the conversation between the two of them, it made the rest of the team laugh from ear to ear. It can also be seen from this that Zhang Yifei did not have a mental expansion because he won the Austrian Grand Prix, and he is still the direct Chinese driver.

In fact, having said that, it's not that Zhang Yifei is not famous in the United States, after all, no matter what, the United States is also a major country for the inflow of Chinese, and the first Chinese F1 driver still has a bit of status after all.

On the day of the arrival of the Prost team, there were also fans of Zhang Yifei at the airport ready to pick them up. However, Zhang Yifei did not come with him, so they returned disappointed. And this time Zhang Yifei also came quietly without reporting, and fans didn't know that he had come to the United States.

As for the fact that these Americans don't know each other, it's too normal, after all, many Americans don't even know where China is on the map, and they can't expect them to know a Chinese rookie driver who has just become a little famous.

After greeting each other with the members of the crew who picked up the airport, Zhang Yifei found that there was no Kossell in the crowd, but asked Chen Zhi: "Brother Zhi, didn't Kosell come over?" ”

"No, there are still some pits that have not been built, and there are some problems with the assembly of the car."

"What's wrong with the car?"

Zhang Yifei immediately asked rhetorically, the transportation process of F1 intercontinental overseas races is much more troublesome than that in Europe, and the cars are basically disassembled into parts and then assembled at the track pit stop.

However, this kind of assembly, for the F1 team, is as normal as eating and sleeping. So under normal circumstances, there will be no assembly problems.

"Austria is very stressful for the cars, so a lot of the parts are mechanically worn. Now that the season has come to an end and the team is focused on the development of new cars, the stock of spare parts is a bit insufficient, and a batch of parts needs to be rebuilt from the French R&D center. ”

Don't have enough parts?

Hearing this question, Zhang Yifei exhaled heavily, feeling a little depressed in his heart.

Seriously, if it weren't for joining by himself and bringing in a huge amount of sponsorship, the Prost team would have been a mess!

Forget if there are not enough spare cars, after all, under normal circumstances, three race cars, plus a prototype car from the base, four cars can barely make do. At that time, the Prost team was about to go out of business, and even the crew and R&D personnel were cut a lot, and there was no money.

But no matter what, you can't even have enough spare parts for the game, right? This is equivalent to giving up battery life, no wonder the failure rate was so high last season!

Prost is a qualified driver, four world championship titles are placed here, and the driver is currently number one! But he's really not a good boss......

Seeing the distress on Zhang Yifei's face, Chen Zhi comforted him and said: "Yifei, don't worry too much, now that the Prost team has a capital injection, the parts will soon be produced and shipped." ”

"There are still about ten days before the competition, and there is enough time."

"Hmm."

Zhang Yifei nodded, and didn't say anything more, after all, the parts data are available, and it can be processed with the lathe of the R&D base, and it shouldn't delay any major events.

The group walked out of the airport and got in the car, and Charlie, who was driving, turned around and said: "Fly, go back to the hotel tonight to have a good rest and adjust the jet lag." ”

"Wait, is Korsell still on the track?"

"Well, it's still there."

"Then let's go to the track first."