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547 A Trip to America (Chapter 2)

Seeing Zhang Yifei blushing and saying this simple and crude theory, Wang Gang was a little shocked at this moment. He didn't expect that this 18-year-old F1 champion would do things so resolutely.

"I will report to the head office, but I can't decide what the result is."

Wang Gang replied, "He is of a high level in Huali Group, but the decision on this matter is equivalent to determining the future life and death of the entire group. Therefore, it is necessary to report to the group headquarters and let Chairman Li of Huali Group make the decision himself.

"I know, but I have one thing I need to pass on, that is, whether Huali Group wants to settle down and become a small role in China, or become a world's automobile giant in the future, and now the opportunity is in front of you."

"I believe Chairman Li will make a wise choice!"

Zhang Yifei is actually very confident about whether Huali Group will make a desperate move. But after all, history has changed, so he still added some gunpowder to stimulate Chairman Li.

The main reason why he chose Huali Group to cooperate in his country was that he was attracted by Chairman Li’s ambition!

People without absolute "ambition" cannot be able to gamble all their belongings. In the era when domestic cars were still damaged by trash, they bought and settled in Volvo.

After all, before Huali Group acquired Volvo, there was a precedent for SAIC Group to acquire South Korea's Shuanglong Automobile. That was really a loss of 4 billion!

The loss of 4 billion in 2004 is simply an astronomical figure. SAIC was really cheated by South Korea, which led to the change of color of auto companies' acquisitions in that era.

Under this background, Huali Group dared to withstand pressure to acquire Volvo, which was fleece by Ford, and signed a technical isolation agreement. It was really not easy.

If you take a wrong step, you will be a deep abyss!

As for the funds, Zhang Yifei has never been worried about Huali, because the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. Huali Group can still make it tens of millions of dollars now.

Even if it doesn't sell the blame, Huali Group has its own way. After all, behind it is the number one figure of the future. If you can't handle this, it can only be said that Zhang Yifei's vision is wrong.

"I understand, I will convey it to Chairman Li."

Wang Gang nodded and left the Prost team headquarters. It seemed that he would have a long conference call tonight.

Seeing Wang Gang leave, Zhang Yifei breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little tired.

To be honest, racing cars are tiring to do such things. After all, racing cars are more of a physical job, and it is a mental job and psychological pressure.

After all, I am a historical time traveler. If I just want to eat, drink and have fun, I am really not out of the low-level fun. Since I have arrived at this historical node, I still have to do something after all.

Just like the historical time traveler has a famous saying: That is, wear clean clothes and do not rebel, and put on electric drills in chrysanthemums! If you are engaged in racing again, you naturally have to consider the development of the domestic automobile industry.

Planning is up to people and success is up to heaven. When you reach this point, Zhang Yifei feels that it is the limit of his personal strength. The next step is to look at Huali's operations.

Early the next morning, Wang Gang sent a message to Zhang Yifei. The chairman of Huali Group accepted Zhang Yifei's suggestions without any hesitation. He would raise funds as soon as possible, and then arrange technicians to the Prost Racing R&D base to participate in the R&D work of Ap05.

"I……"

Zhang Yifei suddenly didn't know what to say, but this kid Ah Hu had a little bit of a brain circuit.

Listening to the two of them’s lively conversation, the rest of the team laughed from ear to ear. From this point, it can be seen that Zhang Yifei did not have a mentality expansion because he won the Austrian Grand Prix championship. He is still the direct Chinese driver.

In fact, after all, it’s not that Zhang Yifei is not famous in the United States. After all, no matter how it is, the United States is a major country where Chinese people are inflowing. The first Chinese F1 driver is still of some status after all.

On the day the Prost convoy arrived, there were also Zhang Yifei's fans at the airport preparing to pick him up. However, Zhang Yifei did not come together, so they returned disappointed. This time, Zhang Yifei also quietly came over without reporting, and the fans had no idea that he had arrived in the United States.

As for the Americans on the scene, it is normal that they don’t know about these Americans. After all, many Americans don’t even know where China is on the map. They cannot expect them to know a new Chinese driver who has just become famous.

After greeting each other with the members of the pick-up crew, Zhang Yifei found that there was no Kossel in the crowd, but asked Chen Zhi: "Brother Zhi, didn't Kossel come?"

"No, there are still some repair stations that have not been built, and there are some problems with racing assembly."

"What's wrong with the racing car?"

Zhang Yifei immediately asked back, the transportation process of the F1 Intercontinental Overseas Race is much more troublesome than that of European locals. The racing car is basically dismantled into parts and then assembled at the track maintenance station.

However, this assembly is as normal as eating and sleeping for the F1 team. So under normal circumstances, there will be no assembly problems.

"The Austrian station is under great pressure on racing, so many parts are seriously worn mechanically. Now that the season is coming to an end, the team is focusing on the development of new racing cars. The reserve of parts is a bit insufficient, and a batch of parts needs to be rebuilt from the French R&D center."

Insufficient parts reserves?

Hearing this question, Zhang Yifei breathed heavily and felt a little depressed.

To be honest, if it weren’t for joining myself and bringing huge sponsorships, the Prost team would have been a mess!

It would be fine if there were not enough spare racing cars. After all, under normal circumstances, three racing cars, plus one base prototype, four racing cars could barely make do with it. At that time, Prost team was about to go bankrupt, and even the team and R&D personnel were cut a lot, so it was understandable that they had no money.

But no matter what, you can't even have enough spare parts for the competition, right? This is equivalent to giving up the battery life. No wonder the failure rate was so high last season!

Prost is a qualified driver, with four world championship titles here, currently the number one driver! But he is really not a qualified boss...

Seeing the depression on Zhang Yifei's face, Chen Zhi comforted and said, "Yifei, don't worry too much. Now that the Prost fleet has injected funds, the parts can be produced and transported soon."

"There are more than ten days left before the competition, so time is enough."

"Um."

Zhang Yifei nodded and said nothing. After all, there is part data, so it is enough to process it with the lathe of the R&D base, which should not delay any major issues.

The group walked out of the airport and got into the bus. Charlie, who was driving, turned around and said, "Fly, go back to the hotel tonight to have a good rest and adjust the jet lag."

"Wait, is Kossell still on the track?"

"Yeah, still here."
Chapter completed!
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