Just as Zhang Yifei was about to get up and leave, Prost agreed to Zhang Yifei's acquisition conditions.

With four Drivers' Championships, Prost is definitely not an indecisive person, and his conservatism is only based on his own calculations, making favorable decisions and judgments, without taking any unnecessary risks.

The price offered by Zhang Yifei is the best conditions that the current Prost team can get, and even the turning point of the team's life and death!

"BOSS, congratulations on making the right decision, and soon someone from a Chinese investment company will talk to you about the details of the acquisition."

After saying this, Zhang Yifei reached out and shook Prost, then turned around and walked out of the team office.

When he was in China before, Zhang Yifei had already established an investment company with Huali Group to prepare for the joint holding of Prost Racing Team.

Because Zhang Yifei has been a racing driver all his life, he has never participated in any high-end commercial activities. Therefore, he has a very good B number in his heart for his business ability, and he is definitely not a business genius, and if the team is really handed over to his own operation, there is a high probability that he will end up with the title of a business ghost.

Professional things should be handed over to professional people, and I can still be a professional driver with peace of mind. As for the operation of the team, it will be jointly controlled by Huali Group and Prost, and whether it can "steal" F1 technology depends on Huali Group itself.

What Zhang Yifei can do is to create an opportunity for Huali Group to "steal teachers".

The acquisition of Prost Racing Co., Ltd. was finalized, and Zhang Yifei also transmitted the news back to China for the first time, and Huali Holding Company will send someone to negotiate with Prost about the specific contract content.

And if there is a chance, Huali Group will also send some engineers to see if they can participate in the development of F1 cars.

However, this possibility is very slim for the time being, the technical isolation agreement is not so easy to bypass, and if the action is too obvious, it may cause the French government to monitor, or even block the acquisition agreement.

To be honest, Prost is a French team, and if it were a British team, it might not even have much hope of acquiring a stake.

Because compared with other US imperialists, France is the only country in Europe that is quite anti-against the United States.

After all, the ancestors of France are also broad, and they have their own dreams of Greater France, although they have declined in modern times, they have not lost the title of African hegemon, and they are not so willing to be doglegs.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, China in 2000 was really a brother of a brother, basically based on low-end processing industries, which seemed harmless to humans and animals, and did not show much threat.

The acquisition of an F1 team is more like a way to cooperate with the development of domestic F1 events, which belongs to the type of people who are stupid and have a lot of money.

Compared with the simple and crude way of directly participating in research and development, when he was in China, Zhang Yifei also formulated a roundabout plan with President Huali, that is, the reproduction strategy of Volvo technology in later generations.

That is to establish an R&D center in Europe, participate in joint R&D in an indirect way, and use this title to learn about the more advanced automotive industry in Europe. If there is an opportunity, buy a few European car companies and find a way to squeeze a little technology out of them.

Even Zhang Yifei wanted to ask Kossel for help to see if he could introduce several automotive engineering experts from the Technical University of Berlin to join the European R&D center, which might really bring some epoch-making development to China's automobile industry.

It's just that the auto industry is too expensive, and tens of billions of yuan are placed in other industries, which is an astronomical amount. But in the automotive industry, it can only be regarded as an entry level.

For example, the annual R&D expenditure of Volkswagen in Germany in later generations is calculated in tens of billions of US dollars, not in RMB. Therefore, it is not completely unreasonable that German cars can sell well, at least others spend more money.

Zhang Yifei doesn't have the money now, and neither does Huali Group. However, Zhang Yifei didn't want to become a fat man in one go, after all, the development of the automobile industry is counted in ten years, or even decades.

What he is doing now is nothing more than planting a seed, and the harvest time is still very early. When Brother Pony turns over one day, Zhang Yifei will make a fortune and have the capital to join this money-throwing game.

Prost is in urgent need of money, Zhang Yifei and Huali are also in a hurry to send money, and the general direction has been negotiated, so the details will naturally be much faster. In just one week, the two sides signed an agreement, and Huali Holding Company officially acquired 40% of the shares of Prost Racing for $50 million.

When the news spread, it instantly became the focus of the world, because everyone did not expect that the shares of Prost Racing Team would eventually be acquired by a small company that is not well-known in China.

And according to the equity disclosure, Zhang Yifei occupies 60% of the equity in Huali Investment Company and is the largest shareholder. The other 40 percent is owned by a company called Huaxia Automobile Group.

This means that in fact, Zhang Yifei completed the acquisition of the shares of Prost Racing Team. As a driver, what do you want to do at this stage of buying a stake in a team?

As a result, various media have reported the news of the acquisition, and the current affairs newspapers that can be seen for a while can find relevant news.

"The sale of the equity of Prost Racing Team is over, and the acquirer is Chinese capital!" 》

The first Chinese-controlled team in F1 history, does this mean that the formula landscape will change? 》

"The shareholder behind China's capital is Driver Fei, what does he want to do? 》

"Prost Racing Team announced the renewal of the contract with Fei, and the Chinese driver Fei will continue to play for Prost Racing Team in the next three years. 》

"The Prost Racing takeover case is full of suspicions, could it be a conspiracy from Chinese capital?" 》

The future of the French team, where is it going? 》

Not to mention that these media were shocked, but when the news came out, even Ah Hu and Chen Zhi were stunned.

They never imagined that the once unattainable F1 team now has a part of the shares of Feige. How exactly this change was achieved is like a dream.

"Brother Fei, does that mean you're also the boss now?"

Ah Hu sat next to Zhang Yifei, looked at the newspaper in his hand and asked.

The macro ambitions behind the acquisition of the F1 team are naturally not something that Ah Hu can understand, he simply sees the surface, that is, Zhang Yifei is also a shareholder of the team and has become his own boss.

"No, it can only be regarded as an indirect shareholding."

The shares of the team were acquired in the name of Huali Investment Company, and the controlling share did not reach more than 50%, so Zhang Yifei could not be regarded as a direct shareholder of Prost Racing Team.

Moreover, Huali Holding Company, the person who was elected to enter the management of the Prost team, is not Zhang Yifei, he is still the simple driver.

"That's okay, otherwise it would be awkward to call you the second boss in the future."

"Fuck off."

Zhang Yifei ignored Ah Hu's nonsense.

The heat of the acquisition of shares by Chinese capital has not completely subsided, and another news was released a few days later.

That is, the Racing Prost and the Ferrari Group have reached an agreement that Ferrari will become the engine supplier of the Vorista team next season, and the two sides will form a strategic cooperation.

The news is obviously not as hot as the previous national discussion of the share acquisition case, but other F1 teams are obviously more concerned about the cooperation between Ferrari and Prost.

"Simmonds, how much improvement do you estimate on the Ferrari-engined Prost car?"

When Sir Williams saw the news, he immediately asked Technical Director Pat Simmonds.

Since surpassing Barrichello and Schumacher, no one dares to treat Zhang Yifei as a rookie. Driving a backward Prost car, the Chinese newcomer has this amazing performance, if he is replaced with a powerful car?

"It's not clear, if you look at the performance of Ferrari's engines this year, as well as the R&D strength of the Prost team, the improvement should be very limited."

This year, Scuderia Ferrari did not have a lead in engine performance, not even as good as McLaren's Mercedes engine, and Williams' BMW engine. It's almost on par with the Renault engine, tied for third and fourth.

However, the Ferrari drivers are too strong and the aerodynamic shape of the car is also good, so the Scuderia Ferrari is still very strong, and the points are currently in the lead.

"I see."

When Sir Williams heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Zhang Yifei is amazing, but Montoya has also begun to undergo a metamorphosis after suffering a blow, and has recently reached the podium one after another. As long as there is no advantage in the performance of the car, Montoya will not be in vain, let alone the Williams team and Ravel Schumacher, let alone Alessi!

McLaren asked a similar question, and the answer was similar to that of Williams.

Even if the Prost team is replaced with a Ferrari engine, it still does not show enough threat, at least there are many stronger opponents than it. For example, the other two of the Big Three, as well as Renault, which is also strong in technology, and even Jaguar and Toyota, which are well capitalized.

Rather than worrying about the last-performing Prost opponents, it is better to worry about these stronger opponents.

And Zhang Yifei's brilliant performance on the Brazilian circuit is uncertain whether it will be a super-level performance or a flash in the pan. In particular, if you have experienced a track accident, will it have any impact on Chinese newcomers, which is also an uncertain factor.

If you want the front team to feel threatened, at least Zhang Yifei has to show stronger strength to be qualified.

As the days passed, Zhang Yifei was slowly recovering, and when the summer break ended and the time came to September, when the horn of the race was sounded again, the Prost team released the news of Zhang Yifei's return to the track.

Whether it can show stronger strength will soon be known!