Conrad Indianapolis Hotel.

4th Floor, Executive Lounge.

At four o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Fuzhen and her sister Li Xinyu glanced at each other a little awkwardly.

Across from them, a pair of young people were kissing passionately.

The man was tall and handsome, and he could be seen to be physically strong in a suit.

The female one is petite and pretty, and her skin condition is rare and delicate among white women, and at the same time she looks a lot of childishness.

It was little Laura and Abel.

The two are so devoted.

The Li family sisters are not looking at it, and they are not looking at it. It's not to go, it's not to go.

In the end, little Laura was out of breath again, and her lungs were not full of energy.

Only then did he gently push Abel away, ending the French classic that was triggered after she took the initiative to kiss this time.

「.. I'm sorry."

Little Laura, who was red and smiling, smiled and said to the two Li sisters, "I'm so excited, I'm out of shape."

Li Xinyu actually wanted to say that if it were me, I might be worse than you.

That's two F1 teams!

Such a gift, for racing fans. It's even more surprising than the five million lottery jackpot among the average person.

Li Xinyu also once thought about having her own F1 team in private.

This is not a fantasy for the Li family.

With the Li family's financial ability, there is no pressure to raise an F1 team.

The problem is that the entire Li family is up and down, and there is only one real fan, Li Xinyu.

In addition, other capital, individuals who hold F1 teams.

They own F1 teams, or they do it for the team brand, like Ferrari or McLaren.

Either to make a profit on your investment, or to make a name for yourself.

I've never heard of anyone buying an F1 team for their hobbies and hobbies.

> Formula car, if you don't consider the above, it's a pure bottomless pit of swallowing money.

The Li family is very rich, and they are even the first family of the Han Kingdom.

But it is also impossible to invest in something that does not help the Li family's career much like this bottomless pit.

Li Xinyu also knows clearly. Unless she hits the big luck herself.

Otherwise, she would never have owned an F1 team of her own in her life.

Her father loves Li Xinyu the most, and this little daughter is right.

Her dad can also buy her a luxury sports car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even millions of dollars.

This kind of treatment is better than her two sisters and one brother, I don't know how many times.

Just hundreds of thousands of dollars and millions of dollars in gifts.

That's nothing compared to the investment of at least $100 million or 200 million a year.

This also made Li Xinyu more and more envious of the fact that Little Laura could get two F1 teams.

is obviously so envious, facing little Laura so excited that she lost her temper.

Li Xinyu could only bow her head and smile and say, "I can understand your feelings. If I receive such a gift, I guess I will be a few days and nights, and I can't sleep with excitement."

Unfortunately, it was not possible.

Not to mention that she has two sisters and an older brother.

Even if she is an only daughter, Li Xinyu also knows her father's temperament.

It is impossible to give yourself a gift of such value.

Two F1 teams, how many people in the world can afford such a gift?

"Hahaha~" Little Laura laughed happily, most of her people were wrapped around Abel at this moment, and she only felt satisfied with what Abel looked at.

"I knew you understood." Little Laura said to Li Xinyu with a smile.

"Alright." Able touched her hair indulgently, "It's just two teams. I didn't even spend much money on them, but I was responsible for their negative effects in the future

Debt only. The most important thing is whether we can produce results in the future."

Abel buys the Prost team and the flying sword team.

Combined, he spent less than $4 million on these two F1 teams.

That's right, it's that cheap.

That's four million dollars.

Among them, Prost only spent 1.5 million, and the flying sword team was slightly more expensive, 2.5 million.

Why is it so cheap?

Because these two F1 teams are only a few days away from bankruptcy.

The loans they owe, and even the money they owe for the purchase of engines and other parts, each fleet has a debt of more than hundreds of millions of dollars.

Prost has a debt of $128 million.

The Flying Sword team has a debt of $98 million.

Even the cost of transporting the two convoys from Europe to the United States was the last remaining loan funds

The owners of the two teams, since last year, have been trying to sell them.

Formula 1 itself is not a highly profitable investment.

The debts of the two racing teams are still so high that they have not been able to find anyone to take over.

In parallel time and space.

They have two fleets, one that will go out of business this year and one that will go bankrupt next year.

Luckily, the Prost team was picked up a few years later and reappeared in F1 under another name.

& The flying sword team, which has the most handsome painting in formula car, never appeared again and went bankrupt.

In fact, bankruptcy or bankruptcy is all too common in F1.

Almost every few years, an F1 team goes bankrupt or changes hands.

Year after year, the owners behind F1 teams change more often than any commercial sports club.

The input-to-output ratio of the business competition is too low.

The highest-grossing Scuderia Ferrari earned $230 million for the whole of last year.

But the fleet's spending, including engine consumption, is around $180 million.

The profit attributable to the parent company shall not exceed 30 million US dollars.

And that's not even counting R&D expenses.

If Ferrari's R&D expenses were spread evenly, even the Scuderia Ferrari would lose money every year.

That's why Ferrari makes sports cars in its own right.

The research invested in F1 cars, the new technologies researched, can often be used in ordinary Ferrari sports cars.

It is equivalent to a research and development expense, which is used on two projects.

So that there is no loss.

& The same is true for other teams with their own sports car brands.

At the same time, with the help of the fame and popularity of F1, it strengthens the brand of its own sports car.

Through the research and development of some F1 technology, it was devolved to his own ordinary sports body.

A virtuous cycle allows the team and the company to be maintained at the same time.

That's why almost all of the top teams in F1 are owned by car companies.

Scuderia Ferrari, already the most successful F1 team, is like this.

Those teams at the bottom of the rankings often don't even get their costs back.

This is how Prost and the Flying Sword team went out of business.

This also means that, in addition to car companies.

For other outsiders, it is actually difficult to make a profit in F1.

This is also the reason why Formula 1 cars are getting worse and worse.

So much so that in the end, the FIA, which has always been very proud, put down its body.

In the future, it took the initiative to embrace the electric car, which was most despised by the racing party, and took the initiative to engage in Formula E racing.

That's because by that time, the global automotive industry has already shifted to electric new energy.

& Don't want to die, it is very decisive and takes the initiative to embrace new energy.

This is it

This move hurt the hearts of many traditional racing fans at the time.

Holding little Laura by the shoulder, Abel said to her:

"The naming rights of the team were given to MGM and Tesla. These two companies will contribute money for the fleet in the future."

"And your job is to run them, to make them better and better, and one day you can kick a Ferrari, a McLaren, and blow a blow to scare away a Lamborghini."

Little Laura smiled and smiled, showing a little embarrassed expression, "It's too exaggerated. Plus, it's too hard. That's Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini. And I haven't even graduated yet."

Able shrugged, "It's not like you're going to be responsible right away. The day-to-day management and operation of the fleet will also be handed over to professional managers. Your task is to be their spiritual leader and keep an eye on the team's management."

"Oh, that's fine." Little Laura said decisively.

Abel smiled secretly.

Just like he didn't object to Annie continuing to make movies.

He wasn't averse to little Laura finding something to do.

Women have nothing to do.

The final result will only focus their attention on the boring jealousy and palace fighting.

In that case, it is better to give them the initiative to find something to do.

Let the careers and jobs that interest them, attract their attention, and drain their spirits.

This can also prevent them from spending their time and energy on being jealous.

Anne and so did little Laura.

Just be safe, including the color of your hat.

Whatever they like to do, Abel will arrange it.

Little Laura excitedly discussed a few words with Abel about the F1 team.

Soon she noticed the two Li family sisters opposite, and immediately realized that she was a little out of the cold.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Little Laura smiled and said to them:

"I'm so excited. Jessica, Anna, I hope you can understand how I'm feeling at the moment."

Of course, Li Xinyu understands, she has put herself in her shoes, what kind of excitement she will be if she gets such a gift.

Li Fuzhen didn't understand her sister and Laura's love for F1.

Miss Li is a smart person and knows what to say at this time.

Li Fuzhen smiled and said, "It's understandable, Xinyu is like this for her."

Li Xinyu also nodded with a smile next to her.

Just chatting and chatting, Li Xinyu and Little Laura talked about the topic of this year's Formula 1 Formula America Station.

Abel and Li Fuzhen got bored again.

Li Fuzhen thought of a topic in her heart, and was about to take the initiative to talk to Abel.

She didn't expect that this time Abel took the initiative to talk to her.

"Miss Anna." Abel said, "What is your position in the group?"

This question made Li Fuzhen, who originally took the initiative to find a topic, fall silent.

The fact is that Li Fuzhen, because of her marriage, she has been basically excluded from the group after this.

Originally, the chairman of the group, her father, was very patriarchal.

After Li Fuzhen did that level of disobedience to his old man.

Li Fuzhen was not expelled from the Li family, it was already a compromise, let alone let Li Fuzhen work in the group.

Li Fuzhen had to smile compulsively:

"I don't currently work for the Group. I work for my family's charitable foundation. In the next few years, I will probably spend a lot of time in the United States, and my father and mother have asked me to take care of my sisters here."

"That's a bit of a pity."

Abel smiled and said, "I thought I could do a business with the group through you."

Hearing Abel say this, Li Fuzhen's heart suddenly moved.

She was silent on the surface, but in fact she had already begun to think quickly, "Mr. Smith, you want to do business with the group?"

As far as Li Fuzhen knows, the prospective son-in-law of the shrub family in front of him is mainly in finance, media and energy.

&SVNG Group has basically made no achievements in these areas.

If there are any, it is only limited to the country.

What business will Abel have and want to cooperate with the group?

"I have a company in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles. is an automotive company that expects to produce a car that requires a large screen in the future."

Abel said, "I have high requirements for this kind of car screen. As far as I know, the electronics in the group are currently very good in the display screen. That's why I want to work with the group to see if I can customize the electronic screens that my car company needs."

Li Fuzhen doesn't know when Abel entered the automotive field.

But she knows of any orders regarding cars.

As long as it can be stabilized, it is a business worth paying attention to for any company and any enterprise.

Now in 2001, electronics has indeed come to the forefront of the world in the field of display screens.

The world's first 30-inch LCD screen, as well as the world's first 40-inch LCD screen, are all developed by electronics.

"Oh, that's right." Li Fuzhen groaned, she was trying to think about what she could gain in this matter.

"If you really need it." Li Fuzhen already had a hazy thought, and she smiled and said to Abel:

"I can help you connect electronically. After all, the president of the group is my father."

"That couldn't be better." Abel laughed.

"I wanted to ask Miss Jessica. But she's just a student. Now that I'm meeting Miss Anna, I'm sorry for you."

Li Fuzhen smiled and said, "Yes. It's just a trifle. Xinyu still has to study, so don't waste her time."

Li Xinyu, who was talking to little Laura next to her, had been paying part of her attention to her sister and Abel.

Li Xinyu heard her sister say this now, and couldn't help but think in her heart-

[How can I waste my time if I just pass on a word?] It's just a few phone calls. This sister was so sad not long ago, and now she is like this again, alas]

"That couldn't be better." Abel said with a smile.

Li Fuzhen smiled softly at Abel, and with her temperament of a rich flower in the world, it can be described as extremely charming.

The two chatted for a while, and it was about five o'clock in the evening that the four of them dispersed.

The two sisters of the Li family are the same as Abel and little Laura.

On the top floor of the Conrad Indianapolis Hotel, the most expensive executive suites were opened.

The rooms on both sides, one just to the east and the other to the west.

Abel and Little Laura, escorted by security personnel, went to the room.

The two Li sisters soon returned to their hotel suite.

The sisters only opened an executive suite, which had two bedrooms and could accommodate them.

After entering the room, Li Xinyu just wanted to say something to her sister.

Li Fuzhen happened to go to the bathroom and went to wash her face and hands.

Li Xinyu had to come to the living room of the suite, she sat on the sofa, hugged the pillow next to her, and waited for Li Fuzhen to come out.

After washing her face and washing her hands, Li Fuzhen watched her sister stare at her since she came out of her.

"What's wrong? Did I wear makeup on my face? I looked at it just now, and it's all right."

Li Fuzhen leaned in front of a mirror in the living room, and asked strangely while looking at her makeup.

Li Xinyu said, "Ernie, you don't seem so sad anymore. You're in a much better mood."

When Li Fuzhen heard her sister's words, she was stunned.

Then this rich flower in the world of Han came to sit down beside his sister.

"Xinyu, don't you say I haven't found out yet. be

Yes, my mood has changed."

Li Fuzhen took her sister's hand, and she said softly:

"Thank you for your company, if it weren't for you, I don't think I'd be in such a good mood so soon."

Li Xinyu sighed, and the little princess of the Li family said:

"Who called you so stupid? At that time, everyone was desperately opposed. You have to marry him! Okay now, right? In the end, it's only you who will be hurt, and the family members who love you!"

looked at my sister seriously, and when she talked about it, she looked angry.

Li Fuzhen smiled wryly at her, "Who hasn't been young? My dear Xinyu, sister has been a lesson. Your personality is most similar to mine, and I want you to take Ernie as a ring, do you understand?"

"Of course." Li Xinyu said, "I won't be as stupid as Ernie you! You've already fallen into the pit, how can I continue to fall into it!"

"If your second sister Xuxian says these words, I'm sure she can do it." Li Fuzhen said:

"But you're too much like me in some way. I don't think you're going to be able to do that, and I think you still have to worry about some comparisons."

Li Xinyu didn't think so, she felt how could she be so stupid.

Obviously, the eldest sister has already fallen into the pit in front.

With the lessons of those around you, you can fall into the same pit again.

Aren't you stupid?

In fact, most of the world's fools never feel like they are fools.

"Alright." Li Fuzhen took her sister's hand and touched it gently:

"Wash up and rest. Later, your good friend may have to hang out with you again."

"Hmm." Li Xinyu nodded.

"I'm going back to my room for some rest, too. Flying straight from Los Angeles, I couldn't sleep on the plane and I'm sleepy right now." Li Fuzhen let go of her sister's hand and stood up.

Li Xinyu nodded at her sister, and Li Fuzhen smiled at her sister, turned around and walked to a bedroom in the executive suite.

Just when Li Fuzhen's hand was on the doorknob and was about to open the door.

She suddenly heard her sister's voice behind her.

"Ernie."

"Hmm." Li Fuzhen stopped moving, turned around, and looked at her sister sitting on the sofa.

At this time, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon.

In Indianapolis in June, the sun is setting in the west.

Sunlight shines through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the executive suite, shining the sunset on Li Xinyu.

Because of the position of the sitting, half of Li Xinyu's body was shrouded by the setting sun at this time, and the other half was in the shadows.

This made Li Fuzhen unable to see the expression on her sister's face clearly.

"Ernie."

Li Fuzhen could only hear her sister Li Xinyu say to herself:

"What do you think of that Mr. Smith?"

Li Fuzhen was stunned.

What's the problem?

Li Fuzhen was puzzled, and she looked at her sister.