Ross Brown looked at Swift Fukui, who was very pleased with the outcome of his negotiations, and continued: "Mr. Swift Fukui, we can pay you for the team, but we will not take on the debt of the original Honda team. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Pay, you can, $170 million!" Fukui Waifu was a little annoyed at this time, and directly said a price equivalent to the team's debt.

"I'm afraid this price is hard to accept, I think $50 million is a more suitable price!" Ross Brown directly drove the price down to less than 30%.

"Want to buy a Formula 1 team for $50 million? Hum! Mr. Brown, it's not 1999, it's 2009! Fukui said with a displeased face.

"A Formula 1 team? I don't think so! Maybe it's just an empty shell, an empty office, an empty design base, an empty wind, an empty testing ground, no technicians, no designers, no operators, oh, maybe a few cleaning workers. Ross Brown said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Wai Fukui's eyes widened.

Ross Brown smiled slightly, he opened his briefcase, took out a thick stack of envelopes from it, shook it in front of Swift Fukui, and continued: "These are resignation letters, I'll read you a few names at will!" Nick Frye, Deputy Team Manager and CFO; Giandel, Deputy Technical Director of the Team; Bigis, Head of Aerodynamics; Urnes, Head of Maintenance......"

Ross Brown said a few names, all of whom were in key positions on the Honda team. And the face of Waifu Fukui on the other side became more and more difficult to look at.

"Mr. Takeo Fukui, if all these people resign, I think the Honda team will become an empty shell! And if you gather these people, it shouldn't be a problem to build a new convoy! Of course, these resignation letters have only just been sent to me, and if I can successfully buy the team, I am confident that I can keep them. Ross Brown began.

Ross Brown's subtext has been very clear, if Fukui Wai does not sell the team, he will poach the backbone of the team and reorganize a new team, and a Honda team without key talents, I am afraid that there is really only broken copper and iron!

Swift Fukui has no doubt that Ross Brown has this ability, and it may be complicated for others to rebuild a team, but with Ross Brown's connections and prestige at the festival, he has the ability to build a Formula 1 team even from scratch.

Anger filled Fukui's heart, and he wanted to kill Ross Brown, who was simply forcing the palace to threaten him with the resignation of these employees to sell the team.

However, anger turned into anger, and reality forced him to agree to Ross Brown's request, selling the team to Rose-Brown would at least have a sum of money to relieve the financial pressure on Honda, and if Rose-Brown really took those people away, the Honda team would not even get this money.

"Mr. Brown, $50 million is really too little, I think since it is a negotiation, we should both come with sincerity, I hope Mr. Brown can give us a sincere price!" Wai Fukui finally threw in the towel.

"Of course, we are very sincere, what I just said is just a unilateral ideal price for us, negotiations, of course, there must be a result that both of us can accept is the best, and we can still negotiate slowly in terms of price." Ross Brown instantly turned into a docile sheep.

However, everyone present knew that the negotiations had reached this point, and the rest was just a matter of how much Rory Brown could bring down the price!

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Ross Brown's approach is not glorious, and it can even be said to be a bit despicable, if it had been placed in the past, Ross Brown might not have done this kind of thing, but now it is different, this acquisition of the Honda team, Ross Brown is spending his own money.

In the past, Ross Brown, whether in the Williams team, the Benetton team, or the Ferrari team, he was a successful worker, but at that time he spent the boss's money, and he didn't feel sorry for wasting the boss's money, anyway, he could get the invoice back for reimbursement when the time came.

But this time Ross Brown is a partner in the new car team and one of the bosses, and the boss's money can be wasted, but his own money has to be calculated by cent, so Ross Brown also began to use some means that did not look very glamorous and bought the Honda team.

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After a long negotiation, the two sides finally reached a consensus on the price, and the final price they negotiated was 80 million US dollars, and the new team will accept the fixed assets and staff of the old team in full, but the debts of the Honda team will continue to be borne by Honda.

80 million US dollars, less than half of the debt owed by the Honda team, Honda has to pay another 90 million US dollars to make up for the remaining holes, but for Honda, to be able to recover 80 million funds in the current era of economic crisis, it is already a very good result.

And Ross Brown is also relatively satisfied with this price, 80 million US dollars bought are positive assets, no debt, and the team's personnel, equipment, and venues are there, which is equivalent to being ready for use immediately. $80 million to buy a ready-made team, Ross Brown thinks it's worth it.

There is no dispute about this price, I am afraid that no one in the world knows the price of the team better than Ross Brown, and since Ross Brown thinks it is worth it, it must be worth it.

The 80 million US dollars to buy the team, Zhang Guan invested 50 million, Ross Brown paid 30 million, the equity ratio agreed by the two parties, Zhang Guan accounted for 60%, Ross Brown accounted for 40%, Zhang Guan lost 2 million US dollars, but left Ross Brown, in the racing world, Ross Brown is not a talent that can be compared with only 2 million US dollars.

And Ross Brown has said that he is willing to give up next year's salary, and people like Ross Brown are eligible to get tens of millions of annual salaries, which is obviously Ross Brown saving money for the team.

Of course, if Zhang Guan becomes a driver, he is willing to compete for next season for free without salary.

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"We finally have our own fleet. I never thought that one day I would become the owner of a team! Ross Brown couldn't hide his excitement as he continued: "Now wait for the FIA to approve this acquisition, and all our procedures will be completed." Now it seems that we are still in time for the last intensive test before the start of the competition! ”

Zhang Guan smiled and nodded, and then said: "Mr. Brown, now we still need to think of a name for our team, we can't continue to call it Team Honda!" Do you have any good advice on this? ”

"You are the majority shareholder, or you decide!" Ross Brown doesn't care too much about that.

"I don't want to sell the naming rights of the team or something...... Zhang Guan said.

"We've just bought a fleet that's on the verge of bankruptcy, and we haven't achieved any decent results, and the naming rights can't be sold for any price. And if we sell the naming rights now, when our team improves in the future, won't we lose money? Ross-Brown said bluntly.

"That's right!" Zhang Guan thought for a while and said: "There has never been a team from China in Formula 1, since this is the case, I think it will be called 'China Power'!" ”

ps: The light of the great god of this book has been opened, friends who read the book at the starting point can go and get it, the location of the collection is on the front page of the book, and there is a small star logo behind "Novel Author: Pass the Level". (To be continued.) )