America's Road to Wealth

Conrad Indianapolis.

Fourth floor, executive lounge.

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Fuzhen and her younger sister Li Xinyu looked at each other awkwardly.

Opposite them, a couple of young people were kissing passionately.

The man was tall and handsome, and his body could be seen to be strong even in a suit.

The girl was petite and beautiful, her skin was rare and delicate among white women, and she looked childish at the same time.

It was little Laura and Abel.

The two were so devoted to each other.

The Li family sisters and the others didn't care whether they were watching or not. It is not to go, and it is not to go.

In the end it was little Laura who was out of breath again, her lungs failing.

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

"..Feel sorry."

Little Laura, who was blushing and smiling, said to the Li family sisters with a smile, "I'm so excited, I lost my composure."

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

Those are two F1 teams!

Such a gift, for racing fans. It is even more surprising than ordinary people winning the 5 million lottery jackpot.

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

For the Li family, this is not an illusion.

With the financial capacity of the Li family, there is no pressure to maintain an F1 team.

The problem is that in the entire Li family, Li Xinyu is the only real car fan.

Furthermore, other capital and individuals who own the F1 team.

They own the F1 team, or it is for the team brand, like Ferrari, McLaren.

Either it is for investment profit, or to earn fame.

I have never heard of anyone buying an F1 team for their interests and hobbies.

Formula 1 racing, if you don't consider the above, it is purely a bottomless pit of swallowing money.

The Li family is very rich, even the first family of the Han country.

But it's also impossible to invest in something like this bottomless pit that doesn't help the Li family's business much.

Li Xinyu also knew it clearly. Unless she gets lucky herself.

Otherwise, in this life, it is impossible for her to have her own F1 team.

It's true that her father loves Li Xinyu the youngest daughter the most.

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

This kind of treatment is many times better than her two sisters and one brother.

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

Compared with the annual investment of at least 100 to 200 million US dollars, it is nothing.

This also made Li Xinyu more and more envious of little Laura being able to get two F1 teams.

Mingming was terribly envious, facing little Laura who was so excited that she lost her composure.

Li Xinyu could only lower her head and smile and said, "I can understand your feelings. If I receive such a gift, then I guess I will be too excited to sleep for days and nights."

Unfortunately not possible.

Not to mention she has two older sisters and one older brother.

Even if she is the only daughter, Li Xinyu still knows her father's temper.

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

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

"Hahaha~" Little Laura smiled happily. At the moment, most of her was entangled with Abel, and she only felt satisfied with Abel no matter how she looked at it.

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

"Okay." Abel fondled her hair, "It's just two teams. I didn't even spend a lot of money to buy them, but I will be responsible for their debts in the future. Will there be results later? That's what matters."

Abel buys Prost and Flying Swords.

The two F1 teams together cost him less than four million dollars.

That's right, it's that cheap.

That's four million dollars.

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

Why so cheap?

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

The loans they owe, and even the money owed to purchase engines and other accessories, each fleet has liabilities exceeding hundreds of millions of dollars.

Prost has $128 million in debt.

Flying Sword Racing Team has $98 million in debt.

Even the cost of transporting the two convoys from Europe to the United States is the remaining final loan funds

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

The F1 formula car itself is not a highly profitable investment.

The debts of the two racing teams are still so high that they have never been able to find someone to take over.

In parallel time and space.

Of their two teams, one went bankrupt this year and the other next year.

The Prost team had better luck. In a few years, the body was picked up by others and reappeared in F1 under another name.

The Flying Sword Racing Team, which has the most handsome livery in Formula 1, never appeared again and went bankrupt.

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

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

This is the case every year, and the owners behind the F1 team change more frequently than any commercial sports club.

The input-to-output ratio of F1's commercial competition is too low.

The highest-paid Ferrari team, its revenue for the whole of last year was 230 million US dollars.

But the team's expenditure, including the engine consumption, is about 180 million US dollars.

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

That's not even counting R\u0026D costs.

If Ferrari's research and development costs are spread evenly, even the Ferrari team will lose money every year.

This means that Ferrari itself is a sports car.

The research invested in F1 racing cars and the new technologies developed can often be used in ordinary Ferrari sports cars.

It is equivalent to a sum of research and development expenses, which is used for two projects.

This way there is no loss.

The same is basically true of other teams in F1 that have their own sports car brands.

While using the fame and popularity of F1 to enhance the brand of his own sports car.

And through the research and development of some technologies of F1, they are distributed to their own ordinary sports cars.

A virtuous circle allows the team and the company to maintain at the same time.

This is why almost all of the top teams in F1 are owned by car companies.

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

Those teams at the bottom of the ranking often cannot even recover their costs.

That's why Prost and Flying Sword went out of business.

This also means that, in addition to car companies.

It is actually difficult for other outsiders to make a profit in F1.

This is also the reason why Formula 1 racing cars will get worse and worse.

In the end, the FIA, which has always been very proud, put down its figure.

In the future, take the initiative to embrace the electric car that is most looked down upon by the racing party, and take the initiative to engage in the FE electric formula car.

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

F1 does not want to die, it has embraced new energy decisively and proactively.

It was this move that hurt the hearts of many traditional racing fans at the time.

Holding little Laura's shoulders, Abel said to her:

"The naming rights of the team have been given to MGM and Tesla. These two companies will pay for the team's expenses in the future."

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

Little Laura smiled and showed a little embarrassed expression, "It's too exaggerated. Besides, it's too difficult. That's Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini... and I haven't even graduated yet."

Abel shrugged, "It's not that you will be in charge immediately. The daily management and operation of the team 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, this is no problem." Little Laura said decisively.

Abel smiled secretly.

Just like he has no objection to Annie and the others continuing to make movies.

Nor did he object 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 fights.

That being the case, it's better to find something for them to do.

Careers and jobs that interest them, grab their attention, and drain their energy.

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

Annie and the others are like this, and so is little Laura.

Just play it safe, including the color of your hat.

Then whatever they like to do, Abel will arrange it.

Little Laura excitedly discussed with Abel about the F1 team.

Soon she noticed the two sisters from the Li family on the opposite side, and immediately realized that she was neglecting them.

"Oh sorry." Little Laura said to them with a smile:

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

Of course Li Xinyu understood, she put herself in her shoes and thought about how excited she would be if she got such a gift.

Li Fuzhen didn't understand how much her sister and little Laura loved 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 also like this."

Li Xinyu also smiled and nodded beside him.

Just chatting, Li Xinyu and little Laura brought the topic to this year's Formula 1 race in the United States.

Abel and Li Fuzhen became bored again.

Li Fuzhen thought of a topic in her mind, and was about to initiate a conversation with Abel.

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

"Miss Anna." Abel said, "What position do you hold in the Samsvng group?"

This question caused Li Fuzhen, who was actively looking for a topic, to fall silent.

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

Originally, the chairman of the Samsvng Group, her father, was very patriarchal.

After Li Fuzhen did something that disobeyed his old man to that extent.

It was already a compromise if Li Fuzhen was not expelled from the Li family, let alone let Li Fuzhen work in the Samsvng Group.

Li Fuzhen had no choice but to smile calmly and say:

"I am not currently working for the Samsvng Group. I am working in the family's charity foundation. In recent years, I may often stay in the United States, and my father and mother let me take care of my younger sisters here."

"That would be a pity."

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

Hearing what Abel said, Li Fuzhen's heart skipped a beat.

She was calm on the surface, but she had already started to think quickly, "Mr. Smith, do you want to do business with Samsvng Group?"

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

Samsvng Group has basically made no achievements in these areas.

Some words are only limited to the country of Han.

What kind of business will Abel have, do you want to cooperate with Samsvng Group?

"I'm in Silicon Valley in Los Angeles. I have a company. It's a car company. It is expected to produce a car that needs a large screen in the future."

Abel said: "I have relatively high requirements for this kind of car screen. As far as I know, Samsvng Electronics in the Samsvng Group is currently very good at display screens. Therefore, I want to cooperate with the Samsvng Group to see if it can be customized My car company needs electronic screens."

Li Fuzhen didn't know when Abel entered the automobile field.

But she knows about any car orders.

As long as it can be stabilized, it is a business worthy of attention for any company, any enterprise.

Now in 2001, in terms of display screens, Samsvng Electronics has indeed come to the forefront of the world.

The world's first 30-inch LCD screen and the world's first 40-inch LCD screen were both developed by Samsvng Electronics.

"Oh, it's like this." Li Fuzhen pondered, she was trying to think about what she could gain from this matter.

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

"I can help you contact Samsvng Electronics. After all, the chairman of Samsvng Group is my father."

"That would be great." Abel laughed.

"At first, I wanted to ask Miss Jessica. But she is just a student. Now that I meet Miss Anna, please do the same to me."

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

Li Xinyu, who was talking to little Laura, was always paying attention to her sister and Abel.

Now that Li Xinyu heard her sister say this, she couldn't help but think in her heart——

[If you just pass on a word, how can you waste my time? It's just time for a few phone calls. This sister, she was so sad not long ago, but now she is like this again, alas]

"That would be great," Abe said with a smile.

Li Fuzhen smiled softly at Abel, matching her aura of wealth and wealth in the world, it can be described as extraordinarily charming.

The two chatted for a while, and at around five o'clock in the evening, the four of them dispersed.

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

They are all on the top floor of the Conrad Indianapolis Hotel, where the most expensive executive suites are opened.

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

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

The two sisters of the Li family soon returned to their hotel suite.

The two sisters only opened an executive suite, which has two bedrooms and can accommodate them.

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

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

Li Xinyu had no choice but 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.

Li Fuzhen, who came out after washing her face and hands, watched her sister staring at her since she came out.

"What's the matter? Is the makeup on my face smudged? I checked it just now, and it's all right."

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

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

Li Fuzhen was startled when she heard her sister's words.

Then the rich and honored flower of Han Kingdom came to sit beside his sister.

"Xinyu, don't tell me I haven't found out yet. Yes, my mood has turned around."

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

"Thank you for your company. Without you, I don't think my mood would get better so quickly."

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

"Who told you to be so stupid? At that time, everyone was desperately against it. You insisted on marrying him! Are you okay now? In the end, it is only you who are hurt, and the family members who love you!"

Seeing my sister's seriousness and angry look when she talked about that matter.

Li Fuzhen smiled wryly at her: "Who hasn't been young? My dear Xinyu, my sister has already taught me a lesson. Your personality is the most similar to mine. I hope you will take Ernie as a warning, do you understand?"

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

"If your second sister Xu Xian said these words, I believe she can do it." Li Fuzhen said:

"But you and I are too similar in some ways. I don't think you can do it. I think you still have to worry about some comparisons."

Li Xinyu didn't take it seriously, she thought how could she be so stupid.

Obviously the eldest sister has fallen into the pit ahead.

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

Are you not a fool?

In fact, most of the idiots in the world never think of themselves as idiots.

"Okay." Li Fuzhen took her sister's hand and touched it lightly:

"Wash up and take a rest. Your good friend may ask you to hang out again later."

"En." Li Xinyu nodded.

"I also want to go back to my room to rest. I flew directly from Los Angeles and couldn't sleep on the plane. I'm very sleepy now." Li Fuzhen let go of her sister's hand and stood up.

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

Just when Li Fuzhen put her hand on the doorknob and was about to open the door.

Suddenly she heard her sister's voice behind her.

"Ernie."

"En." Li Fuzhen stopped, turned around, and looked at her sister who was sitting on the sofa.

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

The sun is setting in Indianapolis in June.

The sun shines through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the executive suite, shining the setting sun on Li Xinyu.

Because of the problem of where he was sitting, half of Li Xinyu's body was covered by the setting sun, 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 younger sister Li Xinyu say to herself:

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

Li Fuzhen was startled.

What is the problem?

Li Fuzhen was puzzled, she looked at her sister.