Huali Group started from scratch, and was basically in the dormant stage in the first ten years. It seemed that there was no eye-catching operation, but it was making arrangements step by step.

From cooperating with the British Manganese Copper Group in 2006, establishing a joint venture in Shanghai and England, to acquiring the Australian DSI gearbox factory in 2009, we began our initial technical accumulation and transforming from copycat and reference.

What is really well-known to the world is that the Huali Group acquired the Swedish luxury brand Volvo in 10 years. This scene was called "Snake Swallowing Elephant" at the time because compared to Volvo, Geely is really a small character.

However, many people are not good at this acquisition because Volvo is a ruined house. In addition to fame, it has been fetched by Ford Group in the United States. This time it was sold because it lost too much and is a junk asset.

In addition, there is a technical isolation agreement in the acquisition contract, and Huali Group does not allow Volvo's technology to be directly used. In the eyes of many people, this article has confirmed the name of Huali's sucker. Is it useful to spend a lot of money to buy such a broken house?

Accidents about this can only be proved by time.

Although Huali's foundation is not as good as the century-old Ford, to be honest, Ford has only one foundation left, and its operation is simply a mess. Whatever you acquire is going to kill, and its own brand sales have also been declining again and again.

Volvo, which was originally just a dilapidated house, began to resurrect under the operation of the Huali Group and gradually rose steadily. In addition, the Huali Group also improved its brand value by taking advantage of Volvo's east wind, gradually got rid of its original impression of reference and copycat, and had its own family design.

More importantly, under the technical isolation agreement, I cannot use Volvo technology directly, but I can use it indirectly.

So through various cooperations, Huali Group has developed something, and has tapped Volvo's corners little by little. Not only has it established its own high-end sub-brand Link, but it has also undergone qualitative changes in automotive architecture, engine parameters, etc.

Even at the wtr (Global RV World Cup), the record of winning the first mass-produced performance car in China was reached. Moreover, the subsequent results were very stable, and it is very likely that it would win the World Team Championship.

You should know that wtr is not a pheasant event, it is considered a first-class RV event under the FIA. Being able to win the team championship in this event is undoubtedly a shot of a heart-warming shot for the Chinese automobile industry.

Maybe in more than ten years, the field of performance cars will not only be Japanese, German, and American, but also a Chinese series may also appear.

Zhang Yifei wanted to cooperate with Huali Group because he was interested in its step-by-step ambition. Because even if he acquired Prost fleet shares, there might be similar isolation agreements in technical research and development.

Huali Group has had a lot of operations in later generations, and I believe that this world should not change. Just as Zhang Yifei had imagined before, whether it was copying or copying, he would find a way to get something out after entering.

Zhang Yifei never cared about reference and the infamous reputation of copycats because the latecomer wanted to catch up, and this step was impossible to avoid. The United States in the 1950s and Japan in the 1970s did similar things, and China was the turn of doing it in the 1990s.

After experiencing this period of low-end development, when technology accumulates, similar curses will naturally disappear.

However, Zhang Yifei despises those companies that are not enterprising and are immersed in copycats and reference. You should know that copycats are just a process, not the final result of pursuit.

Without R&D, it is destined to be unable to break through the high-end ceiling and always fall behind people!

The negotiation process between Zhang Yifei and President Huali was very smooth because both sides had many similar things in their bones.

Moreover, in the face of controlling the Prost fleet, Huali Group also realized that this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and may bring qualitative improvements to the group in the future.

If it were an ordinary car company, he would not dare to invest huge amounts of money to bet at a small stage, but Huali could almost say that he had taken out 20 million US dollars of his fortune and planned to set up an investment company with Zhang Yifei, and then jointly acquire shares of Prost Motor Company.

Including the 30 million capital Zhang Yifei had before, this time he returned to China, Zhang Yifei raised a total of 50 million US dollars in total.

Although history has changed, Zhang Yifei estimated that no matter how much the Prost team increases, it should be more than 50 million US dollars. And I believe that other potential buyers are not able to prepare in advance like themselves, so Zhang Yifei is almost confident of controlling the Prost team and has not continued to interview other companies.

In fact, another reason why I didn't talk about it is that Zhang Yifei really couldn't stand it. After running around for more than ten days, the injured right foot was swollen very much, and there was almost no sign of improvement.

Zhang Yifei didn’t want to make such trouble. If there were any sequelae at that time, it would be a big loss!

Just the day after Zhang Yifei agreed to cooperate with Huali Group, he received a call from Cosell. Prost held a press conference and officially announced the termination of the contract with Peugeot Group. He will no longer use the Peugeot Engine in the new season next year.

At the same time, Prost also announced that it will bid for new event engine suppliers and sell part of the team's stock to obtain financing.

As for how much stocks were sold, Prost did not disclose it at the press conference, but according to Cosell's prediction, it should be about 40%. Because the team itself is a negative asset, coupled with the huge amount of funds for racing development and purchasing new engines, Prost can only "sell blood" to maintain it.

Upon hearing this news, Zhang Yifei did not hesitate at all and asked Junko Takeda to buy a flight ticket to Italy. Because the fifth stop is currently held at the Imora Circuit in San Marino, members of the Prost crew were also stationed there.

Because once Prost releases the news of its shares sale, there will inevitably be buyers. Historically, Saudi princes, South Korea's Daewoo Automobile, and even Diniz himself have expressed their intention to acquire Prost team.

But the price they gave was too low, and many wanted all the shares. In addition, Prost had not turned around at the time and wanted to be acquired by Renault or other French sponsors, but he ended up killing himself...

Prost has been beaten by reality in this world, and Renault even acquired the Benetton team early. So this means that the stubborn "French Doctor" will not appear again. If he doesn't grab the time to rush over, he might be the best of other buyers.

So Zhang Yifei's dream of going home was shattered again. Now he understood a little. Why did Dayu pass by his house three times and fail to enter? Indeed, many times, people's calculations are not as good as God's calculations.

At Yanjing Capital International Airport, Uncle Lu, He Lang and He Ziling and others came to see Zhang Yifei off.

Before boarding the plane, He Lang and Zhang Yifei stood aside and talked a few conversations between men.

"Yifei, I really admire you, because all the things you are doing now may be something that the entire Chinese racing industry dare not think about, but you did it."

"I haven't done it yet, just take a break."

Zhang Yifei smiled and replied, indeed, in this era, no one dared to think that he could acquire an F1 team, even if he just became a major shareholder.

"I've watched you talk about it one by one with crutches these days. Sometimes I wonder, why are you fighting like this? As a driver, you don't have to take control of the Prost team at this stage."

"For the development of motorsports in China? Are you only 18 years old, so what you think is so long?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei smiled and replied, "Actually, Junko Takeda had asked you before I returned to China."

"The answer I gave her at that time was that fate made me stand at this point in time. I still had to do something after all. All I had to take action was that simple."

Whether the times create heroes or heroes change the times has been discussed for thousands of years, and no one can come up with an accurate answer.

Zhang Yifei didn't know what impact he would have in the end, but he knew one thing deeply that twenty years later, there would be no F1 driver in China and could not build an F1 team.

Maybe I can achieve good results in this era by relying on cheating for two lifetimes, and maybe even become a sports superstar after success.

But what happened after that? Zhang Yifei has seen too many sports superstars, such as Liu Xiang, Yao Ming, Lin Dan, Sun Yang, etc., all relying on personal abilities to support superstar athletes in a event.

When they grow old and retire, it is almost the end of an era, and they don’t know where the next heir is.

Zhang Yifei didn't want this situation to happen. It happened in racing cars, and he didn't want to think that when he mentioned the performance cars decades later, he thought of all the foreign brands in his mind. Since God has brought himself back twenty years ago, he still has to do something after all. As for whether he can change it depends on his fate.

"If you succeed, you will create an era."

He Lang was silent for a long time before he said this, his eyes full of admiration. From Zhang Yifei, he saw the most noble and pure quality of a driver.

"Let's talk about success."

Still smiled. No one understands how difficult it is than Zhang Yifei, and he himself has no confidence.

When he entered the boarding gate, Zhang Yifei said goodbye to everyone. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, a figure pounced on his arms and almost knocked him, a "clarcer".
Chapter completed!