Honda has made a lot of efforts to sell the Honda team, but as time goes by, there has been no follow-up progress among the investors who have had scandals with the Honda team, and many people have realized that the previous acquisition news is just a smoke bomb released by Honda. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Buying an F1 team for $1 sounds cheap, but the $170 million in debt behind the Honda team is enough to put any buyer away. What's more, this round of economic crisis has spread around the world, and the economic situation will definitely get worse next year, investing in an F1 team at this time is obviously not a good choice for many investors, let alone a team with debt.

With the arrival of the new year, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has also unveiled a new reform plan for Formula 1 races, and in response to the economic crisis, the Fédération of Automobile has proposed a cost-saving reform, the most important of which is the ban on in-season testing. This is good news for the small teams, which have little money and can't do as many mid-season tests as the big teams, and the big teams have no objections, and the financial crisis has made their lives hard, so they can save money.

However, the Honda team still had no hope of selling, and until January 19, when the first public test of the new season began, the Honda team still did not find a buyer.

The employees of the Honda team are confused about the future, if the team can't find a buyer in two months, they will face unemployment, and in the current economic environment, it is not easy for them to find a suitable job, after all, there are only a few teams in the racing industry, each team has a fixed team, and no one needs new employees without a new team joining.

Ross Brown is still very calm, and in the last month, he has put all his energy into the design of the new car, especially the double-layer diffuser, which is the killer feature of Ross Brown, has been designed and formed, and when the new car engine arrives, it can be assembled into the car for testing.

Zhang Guan, on the other hand, spent a Spring Festival more comfortably, and all other activities during the Spring Festival were postponed, and he honestly stayed at home, stayed with his parents, and enjoyed this short period of tranquility.

The Athletics Association, the Tennis Association and the Basketball Association all sent special personnel to discuss the competition plan for the new year with Zhang Guan. With Zhang Guan's current status in the domestic sports world, it is obviously impossible for these governing bodies to force Zhang Guan to participate in the competition, so of course the future participation plan must be discussed with Zhang Guan, and Zhang Guan has won enough honors in the Olympic Games that even if he says he wants to take a break for a while, these governing bodies will give him permission.

The Chinese New Year was a rare break for Zhang Guan, and at the same time, Ross Brown finally showed his fangs, and he personally flew to Japan to negotiate with Honda President Takeo Fukui about buying the Honda team.

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Tokyo, Japan, Honda Co., Ltd.

Honda President Wai Fukui gritted his teeth, because just now, he received an offer to buy the Honda team, and the reason why he was angry was not because the offer was too low, but because it was Ross Brown, the CEO of the Honda team, who made the offer!

In Ross Brown's view, the Honda team is already finished, and he stepped forward to buy the team at this time to avoid so many employees of the team from losing their jobs, so he can be regarded as the savior of the team, and he will inevitably be unanimously praised by everyone.

In the eyes of Fukui Swift, Ross Brown is also an employee of the company, and when the team encounters a crisis, instead of trying to help the team get through the difficulties, he wants to take the opportunity to eat his boss, which must be a spurned immorality.

This is the difference in corporate culture, Westerners do not have the concept of starting from the beginning, it is normal for part-time workers to change jobs, as long as there are enough benefits, it is not inevitable for former employees to take over the boss's industry. In Japan, the corporate culture is from the beginning, a person enters a company, it is like entering a family, as long as the company does not go bankrupt, they will stay there for the rest of their lives, and if the company encounters difficulties, employees will even reduce their salaries to help the company tide over the difficulties. If companies dare to cut wages, it is estimated that a wave of collective strikes will come soon.

It was this cultural difference that made Swift Fukui furious, but Ross Brown put on a savior's face, which made a negotiation between the two break up unhappily.

However, Fukui Wai couldn't find another buyer for a while, and if he waited until the start of this season's races, the Honda team could become worthless, so Fukui Wai could only continue to talk to Ross Brown.

"We built a wind tunnel test system for the team, our wind tunnel with metal raceways, the same wind tunnel that Sauber Racing built in Switzerland four years ago cost more than $45 million, and now it costs more than $60 million to build this wind tunnel test system!" Swift Fukui spoke.

Ross Brown smiled slightly, he had been around the wind tunnel system for weeks on end, and he knew much better about this wind tunnel than Fukui Wai.

"$6,000,000,000 is the price of a new wind tunnel," Minardi spent $3 million on a second-hand wind tunnel last year, and with $2 million in retrofit fees, $5 million can achieve the same effect!" And IMHO, the motor of the Honda team's wind tunnel test system is past the maintenance period, so even if you buy it, you have to spend a lot of money to maintain it and replace some parts. ”

"Our engine output test system is the best in the world, and the 3D measurement and control can test every slight difference! We at Honda spent more than $100 million just to develop this system! Even Ferrari can't make such an advanced system as we have. Swift Fukui continued.

"But this test system is only useful for manufacturers' fleets." Ross Brown waved his hand and continued: "If it's a manufacturer team like Ferrari or Renault, maybe they will be interested in this kind of system, because they are also manufacturers of car engines, they need this kind of testing, and after I buy the team, the team becomes an independent team, we don't have the ability to produce our own engines, we just need to ask the engine supplier for a few sets of data, so this system makes no sense to us!" ”

Ross Brown paused, then said: "But with all due respect, I'm afraid your system is not that easy to sell, and there are only four major teams left in Formula 1 now, whether it's Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, or Toyota, they shouldn't be interested in Honda's system!" ”

"Our test track in the UK ......"

"Next year, the slick tyres will be reintroduced, and the area between the tyres and the ground will be increased by 17%, so that track needs to be reinvented......"

"Our Oil Simulation Test ......"

"A kinetic energy recovery system has been added to next year's rules, and the existing oil simulation test has been scrapped and needs to be redeveloped......"

Fukui Swift and Ross Brown you say, I say a word, every time Fukui Swift says an advantage, Ross Brown immediately turns into a disadvantage, and as a result, after an hour, even Fukui Swift feels that the Honda team that the company has spent a lot of money to build seems to have really become worthless.

This was perhaps the most difficult negotiation Fukui had ever faced. There is a saying that you know your opponent and you are invincible, but Ross Brown, as the CEO of the team, obviously knows everything about the team better than Fukui Waifu, which makes Fukui Wai always at a significant disadvantage in negotiations. What's more, Ross Brown is definitely the most expert in Formula 1, and it is impossible to refute what Wick Fukui said in a few sentences.

than understanding, Fukui Swift can't compare to Ross Brown, more professional, Fukui Swift can't compare to Ross Brown. The situation in this negotiation is already one-sided!

However, Fukui also knew that even if he was to be replaced, he would not achieve better results than him, because it was Ross Brown on the other side.

"Mole! This hateful mole! Our Honda company is a Formula 1 team, the world's top sport, but in the mouth of this traitor, it is almost a pile of worthless broken copper and iron! Swift Fukui wiped the sweat from his forehead, and it was really embarrassing to negotiate with an opponent who knew him better than himself! (To be continued.) )