The so-called improvement in the situation of the Prost team is nothing more than Zhang Yifei's amazing potential, which has attracted a lot of attention and attention, and has the possibility of becoming a top F1 driver.

Another point is that Zhang Yifei has a rising Chinese market behind him. Buying Prost is equivalent to having the best spokesperson in China, and Puma is an example of this.

Puma entered the Chinese market as an emerging brand and had no advantage in competing with the old Nike and Adi. But after signing Zhang Yifei as the spokesperson of Greater China, according to the latest statistics, sales have skyrocketed several times, and he has the qualifications to share the world with Nike and Adi.

This astonishing statistic, naturally, attracted the attention of many businessmen and became one of the main motivations for the acquisition of shares in Prost Racing Team.

Therefore, most of the improvement in the current situation is based on Zhang Yifei's body. If he announces his transfer for next season at this time, he will not stay with Prost and everything will be gone.

Sure enough, when Zhang Yifei said this, Prost's expression changed slightly.

In fact, this hole card is not difficult to guess, but from the mouth of Zhang Yifei, an 18-year-old boy, it can't help but make people feel amazed and surprised.

However, this change in expression was only a momentary thing, and Prost still maintained his composure.

'It's true that the partner has the idea, but it's not a decisive condition, and with Alesi's form recovering and more new drivers wanting to join Prost, the future is still bright.'

"Of course, flying you is very important to the Prost team, and I personally want you to stay with the Prost team next season."

Prost not only emphasized the prospects of the team, but also did not dare to offend Zhang Yifei by saying too harshly. If Zhang Yifei really believed this, and the young man got angry and decided to leave, it would really be a big loss.

There are many young drivers every year, but newcomers like Zhang Yifei may not be able to produce one in a few years!

"Boss, you don't need to play mental games with me, the development time of the JS54 race car should be very tight now, and the body structure needs to be reconstructed to match the new engine. And engine suppliers also need time to negotiate, and I don't think you want to waste time on pointless psychological games. ”

"For $50 million, Chinese capital will acquire 40% of the shares of Prost Racing Team, which I believe is definitely the highest purchase price so far, and much higher than the competition!"

When Zhang Yifei said this, Prost did not refute, it is true that the highest bid of other interested parties is only 30 million US dollars, Zhang Yifei's price is too high, and it also meets Prost's psychological expectations.

It takes time to negotiate with engine suppliers, and it takes time to develop new race cars, and now that it's more than June, there is about half a year of development time left in addition to the winter break.

This time is enough for the Big Three team, but it is more tight for the Prost team, which has laid off many employees due to financial difficulties. And tuning is a long process, not to say that the engine can be installed and the same effect can be achieved.

In the last year of the history of the Prost team, in fact, the purchase was a Ferrari engine, although not as perverted as the 2002 Mars rover engine, but in 2001 Ferrari also won the constructors' championship, proving that the engine will definitely not be held back.

The same engine was used in Scuderia Ferrari and was the overall champion of the year, while in the case of Prost, it only took four points. It's a little stronger than the previous year's zero score bottom, but it's not that strong.

Now that the Prost team has good drivers and a united racing team, there is a lack of a car that is competitive enough.

For the sake of the team's rise, this time Prost doesn't want to make do, let alone shoddy, he must leave enough time for the R&D team to build the strongest Prost race car in the past!

"Yes, 50 million US dollars, I agree to the investment of Chinese capital."

Prost was too entangled and agreed to the investment of Chinese capital.

"Very good boss, but I have two more strings attached."

"On what terms?"

"First, the team shares must adopt a board structure with the same shares and equal rights, which means that whoever has the most shares will occupy the decision-making power of the team."

"Second, next year's JS54 car will have to buy Ferrari engines, even at all costs."

Zhang Yifei threw out his two requirements to protect his rights and interests after becoming a shareholder, as well as the competitiveness of the JS series of cars next year.

The same shares and the same rights, or the same shares with different rights, is a concept of the equity of listed companies, also known as the two-tier equity structure.

A company divides its shares into A shares and B shares, with A shares occupying the most important voting rights, while B shares only have the right to dividends. In other words, a shareholder only occupies 1% of A shares, and his control also exceeds 99% of B shares.

In the early days, many domestic technology companies were forced to introduce foreign capital when they had no way to attract venture capital. At this time, the founder didn't want his hard work to be swallowed up by capital, and he didn't want the company to develop in a direction that he couldn't control in the future, so he adopted the operation method of different rights of the same shares.

The most famous of these is Alibaba Group, the parent company of Taobao, which is often used by everyone. Its largest shareholder is not Brother Ma, but Japan's SoftBank Group, and even the second largest shareholder is also not Brother Ma, but Yahoo of the United States.

But the absolute control of the company is still in the hands of Lao Ma Ge, who only accounts for 7% of the group's shares. And as Alibaba continues to expand and make money, Lao Ma Ge also continues to repurchase foreign capital equity.

Zhang Yifei's purpose in taking a stake in Prost Racing Team was never for that little bit of dividends. Otherwise, he has the 50 million capital, and now he will invest in Lao Ma's Alibaba Group, instead of investing in the "money-losing goods" of the Prost team.

In the end, what he wants is for Chinese auto companies to enter the game, get a glimpse of the world's most high-end racing industry, and see if they can do something back. Even if Japan can't be defeated in 20 years, it will kill the development of South Korea's automobile industry.

There is certainly no way to avoid a technical isolation agreement, but with an absolute controlling stake, there is a lot of room for maneuvering.

The development of heavy industry such as automobiles is never an overnight thing, Zhang Yifei has enough time and patience to slowly dig into the wall in Europe, and maybe he can also buy companies such as Volvo in advance.

"I can promise you the second one, but the first one is absolutely not!"

Prost directly rejected Zhang Yifei's idea of the same shares and rights, and Prost was 100% controlled before. Last year, Alessy was forced to sell 20 percent of his shares to Diniz because he was too involved with Heindfeld and almost shut down the team.

So Prost still has 80 percent of the team's shares, and now he has 40 percent, and he ends up with 40 percent.

If the same shares have the same rights, Zhang Yifei's Chinese capital shares will be equal to the remaining shares in Prost's hands, and he will lose his absolute control of the team.

This is unacceptable to Prost, because it is precisely because of his refusal to be acquired and change his name, as well as his hope for the French "compatriot" company, that he did not give up control of the team until he went bankrupt.

It can be said that this is Prost's bottom line, he must be in full control of the team!

"Three years! If you agree to this agreement, I will sign a three-year contract with Prost Racing on a base salary contract. And it is guaranteed that from the next year, it will bring in no less than 2,000 US dollars of team sponsorship every year! ”

Zhang Yifei began to magnify his moves at this time, and he is the hope of the Prost team, and he is also the biggest bargaining chip at present.

If that's not enough, learn from Lawrence Stroll's operations and smash Prost with money!

There is nothing in this world that money can't solve the problem, if there is, then add money!

Sure enough, when Zhang Yifei said this, the resolute and angry expression on Prost's face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a shock.

FUCK, this Chinese kid threw out too many chips, to the point where he could stun people. If the equity transfer is agreed, the future financial crisis will be completely resolved, and there is a possibility of impacting the first-class fleet.

Many foreigners, in fact, pay more attention to a false name than Chinese, especially in the automotive industry, the vast majority of companies are named after the founder.

For example, Ferrari, Dilham (Mercedes), Lamborghini, etc. Not to mention the F1 teams, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams, Prost, Stewart, ......

Almost all of them can be named after people, so in the future, there will be a team called Prost to reach the top, which is the biggest dream in the heart of the current founder Prost!

"BOSS, this is my floor price, if you need to think about it, I can give you a day, but it's only one day."

Zhang Yifei knew that this kind of thing might be difficult to make a decision for a while, so he was willing to give Prost time.

But Zhang Yifei doesn't have time to wait forever, and if Prost can't make a decision, he will have to turn his attention to other targets, such as the current Sauber team, or even the "enemy" Minardi team.

Children can distinguish between right and wrong, adults only look at the pros and cons, Zhang Yifei doesn't mind letting go of the previous festival, cooperating with Minardi, and then finally sweeping the other party out of the house.

After all, compared with their own small grievances, the prospect of China's racing and the future development of the automobile industry can be called a real ambition.

"In less than a day, I promise your terms."